GPPS 2nd CFD Workshop

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Workshop Organizers

Our organizers have wide background: academia, industries, and software companies.

Mehdi Vahdati, Xiao He (Imperial College London)
Shenren Xu, Dongming Cao, Dingxi Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University)
Senthil Krishnababu (SIEMENS Energy)
Domenico Mendicino, Benoit Tartinville (Cadence Design Systems)
Guangfeng An, Xianjun Yu (Beihang University)
Fabian Klausmann (Technical University Darmstadt)

GPPS 2nd Turbomachinery CFD Workshop

The GPPS 2nd Turbomachinery CFD workshop will take place as part of the GPPS Chania22 conference on September 11, 2022. The workshop will take place in a hybrid format (the conference will take place in person).

Built upon the experience from the 1st Turbomachinery CFD workshop, we would like to launch our 2nd Turbomachinery CFD Workshop. The theme of this workshop is Validation and Verification of RANS Turbomachinery Solvers on the TUDa-GLR-OpenStage Transonic Axial Compressor and the BUAA Low Speed Large Scale Axial Compressor-Stage B. More participants are expected for this workshop, as quite a few participants from industry(SIEMENS Energy, IHI, ITP, Aero Engine Academy of China, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) and software companies (Cadence Design Systems, Turbostream) have already confirmed their participation.

Motivation

RANS simulation is the industrial workhorse for predicting turbomachinery flows. However, due to the errors and uncertainties involved in the experiments and CFD models, users can occasionally find inconsistencies and deficiencies in RANS results, which degrades users’ trust in RANS turbomachinery solvers. This workshop aims to improve users’ trust in RANS turbomachinery solvers by conducting a validation and verification (V&V) study on two cases: the TUDA-GLR-OpenStage transonic axial compressor and the BUAA low speed large scale axial compressor-Stage B.

Information about the two cases

TUDA-GLR-OpenStage transonic axial compressor consists of a blisk rotor, a 3D optimized stator and an OGV.

Available measurement data:
• Compressor performance at 65% and 100% design speed (ME30-ME15)
• 1D total pressure and temperature profile @ME15
• 1D flow angle and total pressure profile @ME21
• 1D total pressure and temperature profile @ME30
• 2D planar measurement (total pressure and temperature) @ME30
More details about the case can be found from the following publications.
Fabian Klausmann, Daniel Franke, Jonas Foret, Heinz-Peter Schiffer, “Transonic Compressor Darmstadt – Open Test Case”, Proceedings of Global Power and Propulsion Society. Xi’an, China, October 18-20, 2021, GPPS-TC-2021-0029.
Mingmin Zhu, Xiao He, Fabian Klausmann, Jinfang Teng, Mehdi Vahdati, “ Validation and Verification of RANS Solvers for TUDa-GLR-OpenStage Transonic Axial Compressor”, Proceedings of Global Power and Propulsion Society. Xi’an, China, October 18-20, 2021, GPPS-TC-2021-0050.

BUAA low speed large scale axial compressor-Stage B consists of an IGV, a rotor and a stator.

Available measurement data:
• Compressor performance (Plane0-Plane5)
• Inlet boundary layer (blockage) @Plane0
• Five-hole probe measurement @Plane 2/3/4
• Flow measurement inside blade passage
• Oil-flow results in stator passage
More details about the case can be found from the following publications.
Guangfeng An, Shuai Zhang, Xianjun Yu, Baojie Liu, Guoqiang Yi, “Experimental study of the Critical Incidence Phenomena in low speed compressor stators with both conventional and 3D blading designs”, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020, 99: 105771.
Hui Du, Xianjun Yu, Zhibo Zhang, Baojie Liu, “Relationship between the Flow Blockage of Tip Leakage Vortex and its Evolutionary Procedures inside the Rotor Passage of a Subsonic Axial Compressor”, Journal of Thermal Science, 2013, 22(6): 522-531.

Objectives

  1. Troubleshooting and version control of numerical models in existing in-house and commercial turbomachinery RANS solvers.
    2. Enhance understanding of RANS prediction capability for subsonic and transonic axial compressors
    3. Develop a best practice guide of RANS solvers for subsonic and transonic axial compressors.
    4. Promote education of the next generation turbomachinery CFD engineers.

How to participate

1.    People who attended the virtual GPPS Xi’an21 technical conference can request access (see point 3 below) to the geometry, experimental data (for TUDA-GLR-OpenStage only), boundary conditions, and official grids of two test cases without registration for Chania22
 
2.    People who have not attended the GPPS Xi’an21, need to register for the Chania22 first. The CFD Workshop is complimentary for Chania22 registrants (both day-pass and full conference tickets), but it is also possible to register for the CFD workshop only, for a fee. To register for the event please click here.
 
3. Download and complete the Legal Agreement for each required data set, then using our online Data Request form send your completed PDF. Upon successful application, you will receive a download link of the geometry, experimental data (for TUDA-GLR-OpenStage only), boundary conditions, and official grids of two test cases.
 
4.    Please submit your results by 28th August, 2022. The data submission templates have already been released; if you have not received them, please contact Ben Newton.
Please note: For those who submit their data after the deadline but before the workshop, their data may not be included in the workshop summary presentation, but will be included in a final report.
 
5.    All workshop attendees have to register for the CFD workshop or the GPPS Chania22 conference to attend and/or present their results and/or have their submitted data processed by the organizers.
 

Submitting your Data

Please send your data using WeTransfer, or local alternative to the following representatives:

Data of the TUDa compressor should be sent to Dongming Cao.

Data of the BUAA Stage-B should be sent to Shenren Xu.

Our location

With team members spread across the globe, the core team is based in Zurich Switzerland.

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Landis + Gyr-Strasse 1, 6300 Zug