... of pressure gradients and streamline curvature. This paper presents a new approach enabling an agile design process avoiding premature use of time-consuming high-fidelity CFD calculations. The features of a 2D axisymmetric incompressible steady flow field are captured with a semi-analytical viscous inviscid...

... since several runs had to be performed in order to cover the assumed time period, and ii) ability to introduce the imprint of various fouling patterns on compressor blades, into the performance of the compressor. SOCRATES, an in-house two-dimensional, streamline curvature-based, through-flow...

... is being an interesting experience in both under- and graduate lectures. Appropriate loss correlations have been selected aiming at good geometrical initial sizing. Flow properties distribution has been obtained using meanline code combined with a quasi-3D streamline curvature code. Any number of sections...

... 07 05 2012 In most turbomachinery design systems streamline curvature based throughflow calculations makes the backbone of aero design process. The fast, reliable and easy to understand solution is especially useful in performing several multistage design iterations in a short period...

... models that produce very accurate performance prediction. Among the methodologies commonly used, the streamline curvature (SLC) is used, since those characteristics and the most important properties can be calculated reasonably well at any radial positions, assisting other more complex analysis programs...

... of the current study. e paper is introduced by a brief discussion on SLC that was proposed more than 50 years ago. Then a SLC Streamline Curvature 2D Two-Dimensional Symbols A, B, C Differential equation terms I Rothalpy P Pressure S Entropy T Temperature V Absolute air velocity W Relative velocity C Constant...

... at the design point of an eight- Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea and Air GT2009 June 8-12, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA Key words: off-design, streamline curvature, variable stator, optimization, loss coefficient. Introduction The performance losses will be increased far from the design...

..., to a specified sion, the mathematical solution of specific problems. e algorithms can be developed from scratch or through the gamation of existing techniques. In any case, they need to te efficiently and robustly. he accurate solution of the full Radial Equilibrium tion (REE) in Streamline Curvature (SLC...

... 23 02 2010 One of the most frequently encountered problems in engineering is dealing with non-linear equations. For example, the solution of the full Radial Equilibrium Equation (REE) in Streamline Curvature (SLC) through-flow methods is a typical case of a scientific analysis...

... are included in the equation. This issue has only been superficially addressed in the existing literature up to this stage. The expressions for radial equilibrium addressed in the context of this paper, mainly consist the basis of a particular streamline curvature code ( 2D SLC Compressor Software ), developed...

... conditions, a two dimensional (2-D) Streamline Curvature (SLC) simulation method coupled with an extended parallel compressor model is used. SLC addresses the impact of the radial flow distortion, whereas the extended parallel compressor model examines the impact of circumferential flow distortion on engine...

... 10 03 2009 The various incidence, deviation and loss models used in through-flow analysis methods, such as Streamline Curvature, are nothing more than statistical curve fits. A closer look at public domain data reveals that these statistical correlations and curve fits are usually...

...-dimensional, streamline curvature compressor software. The two-dimensional compressor software can fully define the characteristics of a compressor at several operating condition and is subsequently used in the zero-dimensional cycle analysis to provide a more accurate, physics-based estimate of compressor...

... calculation procedure. The impact of the radial distortion profile is assessed by using a two-dimensional (2D) streamline curvature (SLC) software. Concerning the radial distortion, several distributions are examined along with various profile types. The circumferential total pressure distortion patterns...

... are presented in this paper together with the strong and weak points of this first version of the software and the potential for future development. Gas Turbine Streamline Curvature Modeling Compressor Performance Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2006 Power for Land, Sea and Air May 8-11, 2006...