Numerical prediction and similarity study of pressure fluctuation in a prototype Kaplan turbine and the model turbine

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-142

  Wu, Yulin ^a   Liu, Shuhong ^a   Dou, Hua Shu ^b,c   Wu, Shangfeng ^a   Chen, Tiejun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Frequency; Pressure fluctuation; Prototype Kaplan turbine; Similarity; Unsteady flow simulation

Indexed keywords

DRAFT TUBES; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SIMILARITY; WATERBODIES; WHOLE FLOW PASSAGE;

CAMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KAPLAN TURBINES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

TURBINES;

EID: 84856218519     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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