Flow mechanisms in axial turbine rim sealing

JW Chew, F Gao, DM Palermo - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a review of research on turbine rim sealing with emphasis placed on the
underlying flow physics and modelling capability. Rim seal flows play a crucial role in …

Sealing in turbomachinery

RE Chupp, RC Hendricks, SB Lattime… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2006 - arc.aiaa.org
Clearance control is of paramount importance to turbomachinery designers and is required
to meet today's aggressive power output, efficiency, and operational life goals. Excessive …

Interaction of rim seal and annulus flows in an axial flow turbine

C Cao, JW Chew, PR Millington… - J. Eng. Gas …, 2004 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A combined computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and experimental study of interaction of
main gas path and rim sealing flow is reported. The experiments were conducted on a two …

Large-eddy simulation of unsteady turbine rim sealing flows

F Gao, JW Chew, PF Beard, D Amirante… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Unsteady flow phenomena unrelated to the main gas-path blading have been identified in a
number of turbine rim seal investigations. This unsteadiness has significant influence on the …

Influence of sealing air mass flow on the velocity distribution in and inside the rim seal of the upstream cavity of a 1.5-stage turbine

DE Bohn, A Decker, H Ma… - … Expo: Power for …, 2003 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The phenomenon of hot gas ingestion at the rim seal section of turbines has been
investigated for the front cavity and inside the sealing gap of an 1.5-stage turbine. This paper …

Effect of turbine rotor disc vibration on hot gas ingestion and rotor-stator cavity flow

X Jia, L He, H Zhang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas ingestion numerical model and rotor-stator (RS) cavity model with rotor vibration are
proposed to investigate the effect of rotor disc vibration on the flow characteristics in the RS …

Computational fluid dynamics for turbomachinery internal air systems

JW Chew, NJ Hills - … transactions of the royal society A …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Considerable progress in development and application of computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) for aeroengine internal flow systems has been made in recent years. CFD is regularly …

Buoyancy-induced flow in a heated rotating cavity

JM Owen, J Powell - 2006 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Experimental measurements were made in a rotating-cavity rig with an axial throughflow of
cooling air at the center of the cavity, simulating the conditions that occur between corotating …

Secondary air system component modeling for engine performance simulations

A Alexiou, K Mathioudakis - 2009 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper describes the modeling of typical secondary air system elements such as rotating
orifices, seals, and flow passages with heat and work transfer from the surrounding surfaces …

Rayleigh-Bénard convection in open and closed rotating cavities

MP King, M Wilson, JM Owen - 2007 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Buoyancy effects can be significant in the rotating annular cavities found between
compressor discs in gas-turbine engines, where Rayleigh numbers above 10 12 are …