MIXED FLOW COMPRESSION SYSTEM

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO INTEGRATING SOPHISTICATED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) PROCEDURES INTO THE MIXED FLOW COMPRESSOR DESIGN SYSTEM. UNDER THE PHASE I/PHASE II EFFORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH TELEDYNE CAE WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITY OF THE SRA NAVIER-STOKES PROCEDURE TO IMPACT UPON THE MIXED FLOW COMPRESSOR, CREATE A USER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THE CODE WITH ALL I/O PERFORMED IN AN INTERACTIVE WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT AND DEMONSTRATE IMPACT ON THE DESIGN PROCEDURE BY USING THE CODE IN THE DESIGN MODIFICATION PROCESS AND TESTING THE NEWLY DESIGNED BLADING CONFIGURATION. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE I/O WORKSTATION PROTOCOLS WOULD OVERCOME THE CHIEF PROBLEM OF APPLYING SOPHISTICATED CODES TO THE DESIGN PROCESS; THAT BEING EASE OF PROBLEM "SET-UP" AND RESULTS INTERROGRATION. UNDER PHASE I THE EXISTING SRA CODE WOULD BE APPLIED TO AN EXISTING DESIGN TO ASSESS THE CODE'S CAPABILITY. UNDER PHASE II THE WORKSTATION I/O PROTOCOLS WOULD BE CREATED, THE CODE WOULD BE USED IN THE DESIGN MODIFICATION PROCESS AND THE MODIFIED DESIGN TESTED.