简介：InthisarticletheUDFscriptfileintheFluentsoftwarewasrewrittenasthe'connectingfile'fortheFluentandtheANSYS/ABAQUSinorderthatthejoinedfilecanbeusedtodoaero-elasticcomputations.InthiswaythefluidfieldiscomputedbysolvingtheNavier-Stokesequationsandthestructuremovementisintegratedbythedynamicsdirectly.Ananalysisofthecomputedresultsshowsthatthiscoupledmethoddesignedforsimulatingaero-elasticsystemsisworkableandcanbeusedfortheotherfluid-structureinteractionproblems.

简介：AnumericalcasestudyonidentifyingtheoptimumnumberofbucketsforaPeltonturbineispresented.Threeparameters:numberofbuckets,bucketradialpositionandbucketangularpositionaregroupedsincetheyarefoundtobeinterrelated.Byidentifyingthebestcombinationoftheradialandangularpositionforeachnumberofbucketsitisshownthatreductioninthenumberofbucketsbeyondthelimitsuggestedbytheavailableliteraturecanimprovetheefficiencyandbebeneficialwithregardtothemanufacturingcomplexityandcostperspective.Theeffectofthisreductioninthenumberofbucketswasconfirmedexperimentally.

简介：Basedonestablishednumericalmethodsandhydrodynamicperformancetestingfacilities,CFDtechniqueareappliedtoimprovethedesignoftheimplantableaxialflowbloodpumpandtheflowanalysis.(1)Applyingbrushlessmachinemagnetsteel,reducingitsthicknesswhileincreasingthelength,theflowchannel'scross-sectionisincreased,withnospaceconnectionbetweenthelargeandthesmallrotators,andwithaconetransitionsegmentfromthebearingtotheprincipalaxis,theflowismadesmoother.Therotatingspeedisloweredby1000rpm-1200rpmunderthesameflowrateandpressurehead,andthusthehemolysiscanbeavoided.(2)Differentoutletstatorguidingvanesareselectedforthesamebloodpumpforanalysesofhydrodynamicperformancesandflowfields.Anexcellentdesignnotonlycanregulatetherotatingflowfieldintoanaxialone,reducethecirculationlossandimprovethepumpefficiency,butalsocanavoidbackflow,vortexandsecondaryflowatthepumpoutlet,andthusthethrombuscanbeprevented.(3)Thecalflivetestsshowthatsomeresidualclotsexistattheinnerwalloftheoutletconnectionbends,whichareanalyzedandexplainedbyCFDtechniquesandthecorrespondingimprovementsareproposed.AllresultsareverifiedbyhydrodynamicperformancetestsandPIVflowfieldtests,andconsistentconclusionsareobtained.