6.1.1. Transient Blade Row Modeling Terminology

The following terminology applies in the context of Transient Blade Row modeling:

  • Turbo Component - is the sector of blades in a given blade row that are being modeled in the analysis. Transient Rotor-stator analyses involve at least two components, one rotating and one stationary component.

  • Blade Flutter - used here to describe the one-way coupling between a prescribed blade motion and the effect it has on its surrounding fluid (more properly referred to as forced response).

  • Conventional Periodicity - are periodic boundaries with no special time lag for phase-shift treatment. In such cases, the rotating and stationary components are not necessarily periodic to each other at different instances of time.

  • Reference Solution (or Full-domain modeling) - refers to solving a transient blade row problem using an ensemble of blade passages where the pitch ratio is one.

  • Transient Blade Row methods - are the CFX Transient Blade Row methods:

    • Fourier Transformation method

    • Time Transformation method

    • Profile Transformation method

6.1.1.1. Abbreviations Used in this Document

Abbreviation

Expanded Form

CEL

CFX Expression Language

CHT

Conjugate Heat Transfer

EO

Engine Order (inverse of the time required for an engine component to complete a 360° rotation)

FT

Fourier Transformation

HA

Harmonic Analysis

HB

Harmonic Balance

IGV

Inlet Guide Vane

PT

Profile Transformation

STT

Single-sided Time Transformation

TBR

Transient Blade Row

TRS

Transient Rotor Stator

TSPP

Time Steps Per Period

TT

Time Transformation