Rotating flow past an elliptic-cylindrical bump of large aspect ratio

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 789-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Foster
1961 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
E. Cumberbatch

Tip effects on the cavitating flow past a large aspect-ratio lifting hydrofoil are considered. The tip vortices arising from the flow leakage around the tip from the lower to the upper side of the hydrofoil are assumed to cavitate. The flow over the central section of the hydrofoil is taken as two-dimensional cavity flow and hence there is a wide planar cavity there. The separate cavity regions are taken not to coalesce. The flow is represented by a simple horseshoe-vortex model and descriptions of the flow over the central section, near the tip and well downstream, are derived and appropriately matched. The lift on the hydrofoil is then calculated, taking the downwash into account. The lift is seen to be reduced by the tip effects, and shows good comparison with experimental results.


Author(s):  
Alexandrina Untaroiu ◽  
Costin D. Untaroiu ◽  
Houston G. Wood ◽  
Paul E. Allaire

Traditional annular seal models are based on bulk flow theory. While these methods are computationally efficient and can predict dynamic properties fairly well for short seals, they lack accuracy in cases of seals with complex geometry or with large aspect ratios (above 1.0). In this paper, the linearized rotordynamic coefficients for a seal with large aspect ratio are calculated by means of a three dimensional CFD analysis performed to predict the fluid-induced forces acting on the rotor. For comparison, the dynamic coefficients were also calculated using two other codes: one developed on the bulk flow method and one based on finite difference method. These two sets of dynamic coefficients were compared with those obtained from CFD. Results show a reasonable correlation for the direct stiffness estimates, with largest value predicted by CFD. In terms of cross-coupled stiffness, which is known to be directly related to cross-coupled forces that contribute to rotor instability, the CFD predicts also the highest value; however a much larger discrepancy can be observed for this term (73% higher than value predicted by finite difference method and 79% higher than bulk flow code prediction). Similar large differences in predictions one can see in the estimates for damping and direct mass coefficients, where highest values are predicted by the bulk flow method. These large variations in damping and mass coefficients, and most importantly the large difference in the cross-coupled stiffness predictions, may be attributed to the large difference in seal geometry (i.e. the large aspect ratio AR>1.0 of this seal model vs. the short seal configuration the bulk flow code is usually calibrated for, using an empirical friction factor).


1991 ◽  
Vol 35 (04) ◽  
pp. 314-324
Author(s):  
Todd McComb

Using low-aspect-ratio flat ship theory, this paper defines a procedure to determine the position of a hull which is in equilibrium at some "fast" speed in terms of a given hull shape for the same hull at rest. This procedure is then used to find the equilibrium flow past a moving ship, when given the shape of the hull at rest. The method is then extended to find the hull configuration at various speeds based on either the configuration in the static case or at some other equilibrium speed, leading to a calculation of drag versus speed. Some general formulas and some simple examples are given.


2005 ◽  
Vol 430 (3) ◽  
pp. L57-L60 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Rincon ◽  
F. Lignières ◽  
M. Rieutord

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