A search for recommendations to select numerical model settings for efficient simulation of the working process of the axial turbine blade with convective cooling
Authors: Volkov A.A., Popov G.M., Zubanov V.M., Matveev V.N., Baturin O.V.
Published in issue: #11(143)/2023
DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2023-11-2316
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Thermal, Electric Jet Engines, and Power Plants of Aircrafts
Currently, when simulating the cooled turbine operation process, models are introduced that include flow section in the interblade channels, blade body and internal channels of the cooling system. Such models require significant calculation resources and high qualification of the designer. An attempt to simplify the model reduces reliability of the results obtained. Unfortunately, the available technical publications do not provide recommendations on adjusting such calculation models. The presented work provides results of a study aimed at finding optimal settings of the numerical models making it possible to accurately and cost-effectively simulate the associated operation process in the cooled turbines with convective cooling. As a result, practical recommendations were obtained in selection of grid parameters and turbulence models for such problems. Recommendations were generated for adjusting the working process numerical models of the turbine blades with convective cooling in the two-dimensional setting.
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