High-fidelity computational study of roughness effects on high pressure turbine performance and heat transfer

TO Jelly, M Nardini, M Rosenzweig, J Leggett… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
While blade surface roughness arising from in-service wear and/or the manufacturing
process greatly affects aero-thermal performance, the detailed underlying physical …

Direct numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent flows over multi-scale surface roughness—Part I: Methodology and challenges

M Nardini, M Kozul, TO Jelly… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
High-fidelity simulation of transitional and turbulent flows over multi-scale surface roughness
presents several challenges. For instance, the complex and irregular geometrical nature of …

Aerodynamic design methodology for high-load compressor blade profiles at low Reynolds numbers

H Xu, M Wang, S Zhao… - … Expo: Power for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study presents a novel design methodology that integrates design, experimentation,
and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to tackle the aerodynamic challenges of high loads …

Machine-learning wall-model large-eddy simulation accounting for isotropic roughness under local equilibrium

R Ma, A Lozano-Duran - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.00471, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce a wall model (WM) for large-eddy simulation (LES) applicable to rough
surfaces with Gaussian and non-Gaussian distributions for both transitionally and fully rough …

Roughness Effects on Dense-Gas Turbine Flow: Comparison of Experiments and Simulations

X Gloerfelt, L Hake, A Bienner… - Journal of …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a combined numerical and experimental study of the high-subsonic
organic vapor flow in a linear turbine cascade. The profile geometry is the well-documented …

Effects of Localized Non-Gaussian Roughness on High-Pressure Turbine Aerothermal Performance: Convective Heat Transfer, Skin Friction, and the Reynolds' …

TO Jelly, M Nardini… - Journal of …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Compressible direct numerical simulations are conducted to investigate how surface
roughness affects the aerothermal performance of a high-pressure turbine vane operating at …

Unsteady Loss Mechanisms in Low-Pressure Turbines With Diverging End-Walls Studied via High-Fidelity Simulation

M Rosenzweig, M Kozul… - Journal of …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
High-fidelity simulations are used to conduct controlled numerical experiments to investigate
the effect of periodically incoming wakes on profile and three-dimensional loss mechanisms …

Large Eddy Simulations of a High-Speed Low-Pressure Turbine Cascade at Subsonic and Transonic Mach Numbers

P Tene Hedje, L Bricteux… - … Expo: Power for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract High-Speed Low-Pressure Turbines are one key turbomachinery component in
ultra-high bypass ratio geared turbofan engines. The High-Speed Low-Pressure Turbine …

Roughness Effects on Dense-Gas Turbine Flow: Comparison of Experiments and Simulations

X Gloerfelt, L Hake, A Bienner… - … Expo: Power for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a combined numerical and experimental study of the high-subsonic
organic vapor flow in a linear turbine cascade. The profile geometry is the well-documented …

LES Analysis of Loss Anomaly of a Turbine Blade With Large Trailing Edge Radius

K Miki, A Ameri, P Giel - Turbo Expo: Power for Land …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
There is great interest in the usage of Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) as a turbine blade
material. However, depending on the manufacturing process of the CMC, blades may have …