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Forum: CFX

May 29, 2012, 06:48

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Buoyancy in gas turbine rotor

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Posted By ghorrocks

You are not talking about gravity. You are...

You are not talking about gravity. You are talking about centrifugal forces. If you want to model centrifugal forces then use a rotating frame of reference, and just define a gravity vector pointing...

Forum: CFX

May 29, 2012, 06:38

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Buoyancy in gas turbine rotor

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Posted By ghorrocks

If buoyancy is important then no, it is not...

If buoyancy is important then no, it is not enough. If buoyancy is significant then the flow will go from the bottom of the rotor to the top. This flow is not periodic. It might be symmetric - with...

Forum: CFX

May 28, 2012, 18:41

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Buoyancy in gas turbine rotor

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Posted By ghorrocks

If this device is rotating then isn't the only...

If this device is rotating then isn't the only sensible thing to do to model the whole thing? I cannot see how modelling a small slice is going to work.

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