Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery

Examples of Recent Flow Computations.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Method of Solution.- 3 Applications.- 4 Conclusion.- Acknowledgements.- References.- The Decay of Three-dimensional Deviations from the Fully Developed State in Laminar Pipe Flow.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Basic Equations.- 3 Perturbation Solution.- 4 Results.- 5 Characteristic Parameters.- References.- CFD for Turbomachinery Blading Analysis and Design.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Quasi-3D Viscous Flow Analysis.- 3 Fully 3D Viscous Flow Analysis.- 4 Transient Flow Analysis.- 5 Concluding Remarks.- References.- Flow Simulation in an Aerodynamic Diffusor of a High Loaded Radial Compressor using Different Turbulence Models.- 1 Abstract.- 2 Nomenclature.- 3 Introduction.- 4 Description of the Numerical Scheme.- 5 Turbulence Models.- 6 Results.- 7 Conclusion.- References.- Two Effects of Diaphragm Bulge on Shock Tubes.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Computational Setup.- 3 Early Phase of the Flow.- 4 Further Evolution of the Flow.- 5 Effect of Temperature Ratio.- 6 Implications for Practical Applications of Shock Tubes.- 7 Conclusions.- References.- Boundary Condition for Pipe Elements in One-Dimensional Numerical Scheme.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Numerical Scheme.- 3 Application.- 4 Results and Discussions.- 5 Conclusions.- 6 Acknowledgement.- References.- Shock Waves Around Bodies in Unsteady Flow Fields.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Basic Equations.- 3 The Algorithm for the Eulerian Approach.- 4 Results of Eulerian Equations and Discussion.- 5 Comparison with Results from Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations.- References.- A Numerical Investigation of Mixed Convection on a Horizontal Semi-Infinite Plate.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Computational Domain and Boundary Conditions.- 3 Numerical Solutions.- 4 Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Tube Bundle Vibrations due to Cross FlowUnder the Influence of Turbulence.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Experimental Apparatusses.- 3 The Influence of Turbulence.- 4 Investigation of the Acting Fluid Forces.- 5 Conclusions.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Whirl Distribution Measurements in Front of the Impeller of a Centrifugal Compressor.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Test Compressor.- 3 Experimental Results.- 4 Concluding Remarks.- References.- Velocity and Turbulence Measurements in the Flow Downstream of Flow Conditioners.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Experiment.- 3 Results and Discussion.- 4 Summary and Conclusions.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Experimental Research on Axially Excited Rotating Liquid-Liquid Systems.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Experimental.- 3 Discussion of Selected Test Results.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Routes into Chaos in Rotating Fluid Flows.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Theoretical Models of the Transition to Turbulence.- 3 Experimental Apparatus.- 4 Measuring Techniques.- 5 Methods of Time Series Analysis.- 6 Results.- 7 Conclusion.- References.- LIF-Diagnostics for the Investigation on the Chemical Structure of Diffusion Flames Burning Under Microgravity.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Setup and Specifications of the Laserdiagnostics (LDS) at the Drop Tower.- 3 Application of OH-LIPF to Microgravity Droplet Combustion.- 4 Detection of Combustion Intermediate Species in Microgravity Combustion Experiments Using Raman-Shifted Excitation Wavelengths.- 5 Conclusions.- Acknowledgement.- References.

The papers in this volume are mostly in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Furthermore, to some extend this volume contains also contributions from the field of new experimental mehtods and diagnostics applied to fluid dynamics, combustions and turbomachniery. the contributed papers cover diverse topics such as pipe flows, shock tube flows, compressor flows as well as velocity and turbulence measurements of flow conditioners. There is also a survey article on recent flow computations on high performance computers. Articles are also devoted to liquid-liquid systems, rotating fluid flows and combustion diagnostics.

Well-known experts report the recent advances in their fields Subject is scientific research in fluid mechanics as well as applications in turbomachinery