Abstract

DE VILLIERS, J.  and  GOVENDER, S.. Validation of a CFD Static Pressure Distribution against Experimental Data for a Turbine Blade. R&D j. (Matieland, Online) [online]. 2003, vol.19, pp.3-5. ISSN 2309-8988.

To achieve numerical flow field results on a particular blade geometry, a 2-dimensional computational flow model of the Steady State Supersonic Cascade at the University of Natal was developed. The geometric model was taken as a 2-D slice through the midspan of the cascade and analysed by FLUENT a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer package. The results of this model were then compared with the experimental data points acquired from the static pressure measurements along the midspan of the turbine blade in the experimental cascade. The agreement between the numerical and experimental results is excellent.

Keywords : CFD; FLUENT; experimental; pressure; cascade; turbine; model; flow field; blades.

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