Pressure fluctuation may cause high amplitude of vibration of double‐suction centrifugal pumps, but the impact of impeller stagger angles is still not well understood. In this paper, pressure fluctuation experiments are carried out for five impeller configurations with different stagger angles by using the same test rig system. Results show that the stagger angles exert negligible effects on th...

Past efforts to reduce the airfoil count in low pressure turbines have produced high lift profiles with unacceptably high endwall loss. The purpose of the current work is to suggest alternative approaches for reducing endwall losses. The effects of the fluid mechanics and high lift profile geometry are considered. Mixing effects of the mean flow and turbulence fields are decoupled to show that ...

Protein self-assembled materials find increasing use in medicine and nanotechnology. A challenge remains in our ability to tailor such materials at a given length scale. Here we report a de novo self-assembly topology which enables the engineering of filamentous protein nanostructures under morphological control. The rationale is exemplified by a ubiquitous self-assembly motif - an α-helical co...

This study is inspired by the flapping motion of natural flyers: insects. Many insects have two pairs wings referred as tandem wings. Literature review indicates that effects wing are influenced parameters such stagger (the stream-wise distance between aerodynamic center front and rear airfoil), angle-of-attack flow velocity. As a first stage, this focuses on (St) performance A recent numerical...

The Wells turbine rotor consists of several symmetric airfoil blades arranged around a central hub, and the stagger angle is 90 degrees. These characteristics simplify the total construction of OWC type wave energy converters. Although the Wells turbine is simple, the turbine produces a complicated flow field due to the peculiar arrangement of blades, which can rotate in the same direction irre...

This study targets determining impellers of impeller-only axial fans with an optimal hub-to-tip ratio for the highest achievable total-to-static efficiency. Differently from other studies, a holistic approach is chosen. Firstly, complete class these considered. Secondly, radial distribution blade sweep angle, stagger chord length, and camber are varied to adapt blades complex flow in hub tip re...