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Inducer analysis/pump model development
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cheng, Gary C. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | Current design of high performance turbopumps for rocket engines requires effective and robust analytical tools to provide design information in a productive manner. The main goal of this study was to develop a robust and effective computational fluid dynamics (CFD) pump model for general turbopump design and analysis applications. A finite difference Navier-Stokes flow solver, FDNS, which includes an extended k-epsilon turbulence model and appropriate moving zonal interface boundary conditions, was developed to analyze turbulent flows in turbomachinery devices. In the present study, three key components of the turbopump, the inducer, impeller, and diffuser, were investigated by the proposed pump model, and the numerical results were benchmarked by the experimental data provided by Rocketdyne. For the numerical calculation of inducer flows with tip clearance, the turbulence model and grid spacing are very important. Meanwhile, the development of the cross-stream secondary flow, generated by curved blade passage and the flow through tip leakage, has a strong effect on the inducer flow. Hence, the prediction of the inducer performance critically depends on whether the numerical scheme of the pump model can simulate the secondary flow pattern accurately or not. The impeller and diffuser, however, are dominated by pressure-driven flows such that the effects of turbulence model and grid spacing (except near leading and trailing edges of blades) are less sensitive. The present CFD pump model has been proved to be an efficient and robust analytical tool for pump design due to its very compact numerical structure (requiring small memory), fast turnaround computing time, and versatility for different geometries. |
| File Size | 2847039 |
| Page Count | 74 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940030457 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2s51ks4v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mechanical Engineering Navier-stokes Equation Turbine Pumps Turbulent Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics Finite Difference Theory Flow Distribution K-epsilon Turbulence Model Rocket Engines Turbulence Effects Intake Systems Secondary Flow Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
