A preliminary analysis of a turgo type turbine cfd simulation designed with an integrated dimensional methodology

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 327-337

  Correa, Jorge Luis Clarembaux ^a   De Andrade, Jesús ^a   Asuaje, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Rankine Ovoids; Turgo Type Turbines

Indexed keywords

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GAS TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMICS;

CFD SIMULATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RANKINE; RANKINE OVOID; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL FLOW; TURBINE RUNNER; TURGO TYPE TURBINE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84882403675     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2012-72018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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