In this paper, the effects of shroud movement on transonic flow and heat transfer in vicinity turbine tip was studied by using 3-D simulation GE-E3 first-stage high pressure turbine. Aerothermal performance structure were analyzed with without moving, respectively. Based distribution limiting streamlines vortex structures, influential characteristics between leakage secondary generated studied....

Engine downsizing allows automotive manufactures to achieve improved efficiency and reduce emissions. Turbocharging can increase the power density of the engine, and therefore plays a vital role in downsizing. Due to the nature of the reciprocating engine, a turbocharger turbine operates in a highly unsteady environment. This paper presents a computational investigation looking at the impact of...

in the current work, different methods for optimization of turbine blade internal cooling are investigated, to achieve higher cyclic efficiency and output power for a typical gas turbine. a simple two-dimensional model of c3x blade is simulated and validated with available experimental data. the optimization process is performed on this model with two different methods. the first method is a po...

Design and manufacturing of a high performance micro-hydro-kinetic turbine is discussed in the present paper. The main goal is manufacturing an equipped experimental model of hydro-kinetic turbine with highest energy absorption from water current. A multi-shape ducted turbine comprised of a multi-part diffuser was manufactured that can be converted to many experimental models for studying vario...

In this study, effects of lacing rods location on natural frequencies of last stage of a Steam Turbine Blades (STBs) have been investigated. STBs are critical and important elements in a turbine as well as power plants. One of the most important parameters in turbine blades is lacing rods location. In this paper, first, a three dimensional (3D) scan was used to produce the geometrical model of ...

Accurate numerical simulations depend on the correct prediction of all relevant flow phenomena. For many aeronautical devices such as turbomachinery the behavior of boundary layers, wall-shear-stress and wall heat transfer are significant for the performance. Turbulence and transition influence such flow characteristics. Onset and extent of transition can therefore be of high importance for the...

For the preliminary design and the off-design performance analysis of axial flow turbines, a pair of intermediate level-of-fidelity computer codes, TD2-2 (design; reference 1) and AXOD (off-design; reference 2), are being evaluated for use in turbine design and performance prediction of the modern high performance aircraft engines. TD2-2 employs a streamline curvature method for design, while A...