EFFICIENT UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS OF COOLED TURBINES USING HARMONIC BALANCE

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Hauptverfasser: Muller, Michael, Schoffler, Robin, Grunwitz, Clemens, Morsbach, Christian
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author Muller, Michael
Schoffler, Robin
Grunwitz, Clemens
Morsbach, Christian
author_facet Muller, Michael
Schoffler, Robin
Grunwitz, Clemens
Morsbach, Christian
contents <p>Efficient unsteady simulations of cooled turbines are essential<br>for improving thermal load predictions and optimising turbine<br>design. This study introduces a combined approach of the<br>Harmonic Balance method, a differential Reynolds stress model,<br>and a localised film cooling model, which captures the dominant<br>unsteady effects in high-pressure turbine rotors. Traditional<br>steady-state RANS simulations often under- or over-predict adiabatic<br>wall temperatures and heat transfer coefficients due to the<br>neglect of unsteady interactions.<br>Results show that unsteady effects significantly impact thermal<br>loads, with frequency-domain harmonic balance simulations<br>closely matching high-fidelity time-domain URANS results at a<br>fraction of the computational expense. The localised film cooling<br>model improves accuracy over a coarser volume source model,<br>while the SSG/LRR-log(ω) turbulence model enhances turbulent<br>mixing predictions. This can enable a much better capturing of<br>relevant unsteady effects and turbulent mixing processes in both<br>problem analysis and design, the impact of which would remain<br>unknown using simpler methods.</p>
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spellingShingle EFFICIENT UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS OF COOLED TURBINES USING HARMONIC BALANCE
Muller, Michael
Schoffler, Robin
Grunwitz, Clemens
Morsbach, Christian
Turbomachinery
Propulsion
Heat Transfer
<p>Efficient unsteady simulations of cooled turbines are essential<br>for improving thermal load predictions and optimising turbine<br>design. This study introduces a combined approach of the<br>Harmonic Balance method, a differential Reynolds stress model,<br>and a localised film cooling model, which captures the dominant<br>unsteady effects in high-pressure turbine rotors. Traditional<br>steady-state RANS simulations often under- or over-predict adiabatic<br>wall temperatures and heat transfer coefficients due to the<br>neglect of unsteady interactions.<br>Results show that unsteady effects significantly impact thermal<br>loads, with frequency-domain harmonic balance simulations<br>closely matching high-fidelity time-domain URANS results at a<br>fraction of the computational expense. The localised film cooling<br>model improves accuracy over a coarser volume source model,<br>while the SSG/LRR-log(ω) turbulence model enhances turbulent<br>mixing predictions. This can enable a much better capturing of<br>relevant unsteady effects and turbulent mixing processes in both<br>problem analysis and design, the impact of which would remain<br>unknown using simpler methods.</p>
title EFFICIENT UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS OF COOLED TURBINES USING HARMONIC BALANCE
topic Turbomachinery
Propulsion
Heat Transfer
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20013857