Massively parallel LES of azimuthal thermo-acoustic instabilities in annular gas turbines

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 337, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Wolf, P ^a   Staffelbach, G ^a   Roux, A ^a   Gicquel, L ^a   Poinsot, T ^b   Moureau, V ^c  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

^c TURBOMECA   (France)

Author keywords

Annular gas turbines; Azimuthal modes; Combustion instabilities; Fluid dynamics; LES

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; AERONAUTICAL GAS TURBINES; ANNULAR GAS TURBINES; AZIMUTHAL MODES; COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; FUEL PRICES; INJECTION SYSTEMS; LES; MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTERS; PULSATING FLAMES; SELF - EXCITED; STRINGENT REGULATIONS; SWIRLERS; THERMOACOUSTIC INSTABILITY;

ACOUSTICS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DESIGN; ENGINES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TURBOMACHINERY;

GAS TURBINES;

AIRCRAFT; AZIMUTH; COMBUSTION; FLOW STABILITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARALLEL COMPUTING; TURBINE;

EID: 68949216254     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2009.06.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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