Structure of flow fields downstream of two different swirl generators


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This paper discusses the comparison of the flow fields downstream of two different swirl generators. Both swirl generators are used to imitate the flow at the exit of the hydraulic turbine runner and study spatio-temporal behaviour of the swirling flow in the draft tube (i.e. outlet diffuser part of the hydraulic turbine), which undergoes breakdown into vortex rope. Unsteady CFD computations are carried out for identical Reynolds number. Resulting velocity and vorticity profiles are correlated with the structure of the vortex rope. Difference in excited pressure pulsations is illustrated on amplitudefrequency spectra of static wall pressure.

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Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, AS CR, Prague
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Conference Title:
Engineering Mechanics 2012
Conference Venue:
Svratka (CZ)
Conference Dates:
12/05/2014 - 15/05/2014
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