CFD Solutions for

Turbomachinery Design
Fluent Delivers
Accurate CFD Solutions for
TurbomachineryDesign
Turbomachinery design is driven by the need
for improved performance and reliability.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can help
you achieve these goals. Fluent’s CFD tools
provide the accuracy, turnaround time, and
unique capabilities you need to improve the
productivity of your design process.
“Thanks to the Fluent software’s ease
of use and reliability, CFD has been
easily integrated into our design process
in the Installation Aerodynamics
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department, reducing cycle time and
BMW/Rolls saving us money.”

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With worldwide leadership in CFD software development, Fluent’s
CFD technology stands far above the competition. Fluent provides
the features you need for the analysis of all components of your
system. Our software is built around leading-edge capabilities like
complete mesh flexibility, solution-based mesh adaption, and high-
performance parallel computing with state-of-the-art physical models.
When you choose CFD software for turbomachinery design, choose
Fluent for fast, accurate, and complete analysis capability.
Analysis of Engine Nacelle Installations

Prediction of inlet distortion and pressure losses over

a wide range of conditions can be accomplished easily
using Fluent’s CFD software. Fluent's unstructured
meshing tools allow these complex geometries to be
modeled more quickly than with traditional block-
structured CFD codes.

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Complete Engine System Analysis
Detailed Prediction of Compressor Flow Features

Boundary layer effects, tip clearance flow details, and wake

unsteadiness in blade passages are modeled efficiently using
Fluent’s flexible mesh topologies and interactive controls for mesh
distribution. Fluent provides mesh embedding, nonconformal
interfaces, and hybrid meshes to help you resolve small flow
details. Fluent also provides a coupled solution method designed
to deliver robust convergence performance for transonic flows.
Built-in parallel processing dramatically reduces the turnaround
time on computations.

Tip Clearance Performance Prediction Over

Effects a Range of Operating Conditions

Validated Accuracy for Film Cooling Effectiveness

Accurate CFD prediction of film cooling effectiveness requires

careful attention to mesh quality and near-wall turbulence modeling.
Fluent’s software delivers on these requirements, allowing you to
refine the mesh where needed as part of the solution process and
to resolve a wide range of geometric scales using nonconformal
interfaces and hybrid meshes. Fluent’s well-validated turbulence
models, coupled with mesh adaption in the near-wall
region, yield accurate predictions of the complex
secondary flows and shear layers created
downstream of the film cooling hole.

Nonconformal Mesh
Interface
State-of-the-Art Techniques for Combustor Modeling

Fluent provides the leading technology for gas turbine

combustor analysis. A complete range of combustion
submodels, including PDF
and Magnussen models, are available for prediction of pattern
factors or emission levels. Solution-based mesh adaption allows
you to improve the accuracy and resolution of your CFD model
during the solution process. Filters for mesh import let you retain
your investment in other combustor modeling tools, while gaining
access to Fluent’s advanced CFD technology and time-saving
interactive interface. u
Reliable Physical Models for Rotating
Cavities Compressor and
turbine blade flow
CFD contributes to your understanding of the path analysis
complex flow features and heat transfer in rotating u
disk cavities, helping you to minimize purge flow
Pump impeller
while meeting system cooling requirements. Fluent and volute design
provides the best available physical models for high- u
speed rotation, including Reynolds Stress and two-
layer near-wall turbulence models. Complete Diffuser
flexibility of the mesh topology speeds up model
performance
building and Fluent’s unique mesh adaption capability u
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provides accurate resolution of the thin boundary Royce Plc. Disk cavity
layers in rotating systems. cooling and disk
friction
Fan, Pump, and u
Combustor

Blower Design design

u

Parametric Fan Performance Prediction Turbine film

cooling
Parametric modeling to test new design options over a u
range of operating conditions is easy using Fluent’s CFD Turbine blade
software. Flow performance problems, including internal cooling
separation, stall, and flow reversal, can be identified and u
corrected early in the design process in order to improve Seal leakage
efficiency.
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Fast Model Building for Pump Analysis

CFD can analyze the performance of pump impellers, helping

you to rapidly establish efficiency over a range of operating
conditions. For impeller inlet, multistage turning passages, and
volute/diffuser design, CFD can help improve the inlet flow
distribution and minimize losses. Fluent’s automated
unstructured meshing speeds up model building on complex
impeller and pump housing geometries and provides the
turnaround time you need to impact your design.
Advanced CFD Technology
Benefits You

Interactive controls
for solution based
mesh adaption,
postprocessing, and
parallel computing
distinguish the Fluent
interface. Here, the
mesh has been
adapted using
hanging nodes to
improve resolution
near the leading
edge and
in the wake region.

u Mesh Flexibility – for faster mesh u Solution Speed and Parallel

generation and more accurate solutions
u Hexahedral, tetrahedral, prismatic, and pyramidal
cell types, in any combination or mesh topology
u Solution-based adaption of the mesh, interactively,
as part of the solution process, for improved
resolution and accuracy
u Viscous hybrid meshes for automated meshing
and good near-wall accuracy
u Non-conformal mesh interfaces for simple and
automated mesh generation on complex models
Processing – for rapid turnaround
on computations
u Coupled solver for fast and robust convergence
for compressible and transonic flows
u Parallel processing on shared memory and
distributed memory computers and
heterogeneous workstation networks; full
functionality with all models
u Interactive control of parallel functions, including
domain decomposition, launching remote nodes,
solution steering, and pre- and postprocessing

u Advanced Physical Models and Robust u Interface Design – for usability

Numerics – complete and well-validated
u Full range of physical models for rotating
turbomachinery, implemented with complete mesh
flexibility, including multiple rotating reference
frame model, sliding mesh capability and mixing
plane boundary conditions
u Best available turbulence models, including RSM
and two-layer near-wall models
Complete combustion and radiation models
u Geometry and mesh import from leading
CAD/CAE software
u Customizable modeling inputs, including
boundary profiles and journal file playback
u Interactive solution steering, with progress
monitors
u Complete tools for mesh refinement

u Accurate discretization and robust second-order u Integrated postprocessing, with quantitative

numerics, generalized for all mesh types and time-tested data analysis
for real-world design
u Data export for integration of CFD results with structural
analysis
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