Modelling Fluid Flow: The State of the Art

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Application of CFD-Techniques in Fluid Machinery....Pages 3-22
Modelling Separation from Curved Surfaces with Anisotropy-Resolving Turbulence Closures....Pages 23-47
Development of Fluid Mechanics Methods in the 20 th Century and the Application to Laminar and Turbulent Flow Investigations....Pages 49-77
Theodore von Kármán: A Global Life....Pages 79-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Workshop on Complex Flows with Chemical Reactions....Pages 93-94
Numerical Modelling of Turbomachinery Aero- and Thermodynamics....Pages 95-98
Challenges in Optimisation of Axial Flow Turbomachinery Blades for 3D Flow, Including Sweep and Dihedral Effects....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Flame Stabilization of Highly Diffusive Gas Mixtures in Porous Inert Media....Pages 107-121
A Hybrid Approach to Model Combustion Instabilities....Pages 123-137
Modeling of Reaction and Transport in CVD Process: Predictions of Growth and Uniformity of Tin Oxide Films....Pages 139-151
Electromagnetically Forced Convection during Solidification of a Binary Metal Alloy....Pages 153-167
Sound Generated by an Unsteady Flow Field, Using a Hybrid Method....Pages 169-178
Influence of Cross-Sectional Configuration on Kármán Vortex Excitation....Pages 179-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
A New Wall-Function Strategy Applied to Mixed Convection in Vertical Annular Passages....Pages 197-211
RANS Simulations for Film-Cooling Analysis and Design....Pages 213-228
Very Large Eddy Simulation for the Prediction of Unsteady Vortex Motion....Pages 229-246
A new stabilized finite element method for advection-diffusion-reaction equations using quadratic elements....Pages 247-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Nonuniform Flow in a High Speed Compressor Due to Asymmetric Tip Clearance....Pages 269-283
Deterministic Unsteady Vorticity Field in a Driven Axisymmetric Cavity Flow....Pages 285-298
An Application of the Buffer Layer Technique to Computations of Flow in Turbomachinery....Pages 299-309
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
CFD-analysis of Secondary Flows and Pressure Losses in a NASA Transonic Turbine Cascade....Pages 311-321
Numerical Optimisation of a High Pressure steam Turbine Stage....Pages 323-334
An Experimental Investigation of the Unsteady Flow in a Two-Stage Low-Pressure Research Turbine....Pages 335-346
About the Onset of Partload Instability of Swept and Unswept Axial Pump Blades....Pages 347-358
Mixing interface algorithm for 3D turbulent flow analysis of the GAMM Francis turbine....Pages 359-372
Study of Blade to Blade flows and Circumferential Stall Propagation in Radial Diffusers and Radial Fans by Vortex Cloud Analysis....Pages 373-388
New Approach to Radial Compressor Return Channel Design....Pages 389-406
The Flow and Head Distribution within the Volute of a Centrifugal Pump in Comparison with the Characteristics of the Impeller without Casing....Pages 407-418
Investigation of Unsteady Flow Phenomena in a Side Channel Vacuum Pump by PIV....Pages 419-434