Laser Anemometry and Viscous Computation of the Flow Through an Annular Turbine Cascade

Abstract

An annular turbine cascade, designed for laser-Doppler velocimetry , was further modified to provide additional laser and pressure probe access. The purpose of the research was to devise laser anemometry measurement techniques in a confined annulus and improve the ability to compare numerical predictions with experimental results. Flowfield computations were completed using a viscous flow solver, with the numerical exit plane coincident with experimental measurement location. A data reduction program was written to transfer nondimensional numerical output to the experimental coordinate system for comparison of total pressure ratio, Mach number and flow angle. Endwall two-dimensional laser measurements were obtained through a 1.0922 millimeter hole to a depth of approximately three millimeters. RVC3D, TCGRID, Numerical simulation, Turbine cascade, Laser-doppler velocimetry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280070

Entities

People

  • Joseph D. Spitz

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Data Reduction
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Secondary Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy