With the continuous increase in aircraft flight altitude, low Reynolds number effects in high-
altitude environments significantly impact the stability of compressor operation. In this study …

Wells turbines are among the most interesting power takeoff devices used in oscillating
water column (OWC) systems for the conversion of ocean-wave energy into electrical …

Despite advances in computational power, the cost of time-accurate flows in axial
compressor and fan stages with spatially non-uniform inflow is still too high for design-stage …

In a boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsion system, the fan blades need to operate
continuously under large-scale inflow distortion. The distortion will lead to serious …

Total pressure loss and vortex pair are the two independent flow phenomena that affect the
flow quality at the compressor L-inlet duct (CLID). Both flow phenomena do affect the …

Compressor blade operating conditions and aerodynamic load change periodically owing to
inlet distortion. The effects of low Re are often unavoidable when the inlet distortion is …

When a turbofan engine flames out during flight, the ram pressure at the fan inlet creates an
internal flow that causes spool rotation. This regime is called windmilling operation [1], and …

This work shows the results of an experimental investigation of a transonic axial compressor
subjected to a 120° circumferential inlet distortion. The goal of the investigation was to …

This dissertation proposes a new method of modelling turbomachinery blade boundary layer
and shock losses using the body force method. Body force methods are used to model …

Body force models enable inexpensive numerical simulations of turbomachinery. The
approach replaces the blades with sources of momentum/energy. Such models capture a …