Effect of wakes and secondary flow on re-attachment of turbine exit annular diffuser flow

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Kluß, David ^a   Stoff, Horst ^a   Wiedermann, Alexander ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAN Turbo AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SIMULATION; APEX ANGLES; COMMERCIAL SOLVERS; ELSEVIER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLOW ENVIRONMENT; FREE JETS; INTERNAL FLOWS; MIXING EFFECTS; NEW YORK; NUMERICAL COSTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; PHYSICAL FLOW; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; STABILIZING EFFECTS; TURBINE EXHAUST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBINES; TURBULENCE MODELS; WHEELS;

WAKES;

EID: 77955245654     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3070577     Document Type: Article

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