Analysis of flow in the plate-spiral of a reaction turbine using a streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin method

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作者
Maji, PK [1 ]
Biswas, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
关键词
finite element method; hydraulic turbine; prate-spiral; spiral casing; streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin technique; weak formulation;
D O I
10.1002/1097-0363(20000930)34:2<113::AID-FLD50>3.0.CO;2-I
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The prediction of the flow field in a novel spiral casing has been accomplished. Hydraulic turbine manufacturers are considering the potential of using a special type of spiral casing because of the easier manufacturing process involved in its fabrication. These special spiral casings are known as plate-spirals. Numerical simulation of complex three-dimensional flow through such spiral casings has been accomplished using a finite element method (FEM). An explicit Eulerian velocity correction scheme has been deployed to solve the Reynolds-average Navier-Stokes equations. The simulation has been performed to describe the flow in high Reynolds number (10(6)) regimes. For spatial discretization, a streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) technique has been used. The velocity field and the pressure distribution inside the spiral casing reveal meaningful results. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:113 / 144
页数:32
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