A given simulation can make use of multiple domain interfaces. Each
Fluid Fluid
interface can use a different frame change
model. For example, two domains can be connected by a Fluid
Fluid
interface without a frame change; one of these domains might
also contain a rotationally periodic interface to define a blade passage. Finally,
there might be another Fluid Fluid
interface between the first
two domains and a third domain that uses a frame change model. A four stage axial
compressor, consisting of four stators and four rotors, might contain seven
Fluid Fluid
interfaces with a Frozen
Rotor
frame change model (one at each frame change interface between
components).
It is possible to have a combination of frame change models within a single
problem definition. For example, in a stator/rotor/stator configuration, the
first Fluid Fluid
interface could be a
Stage
or Frozen Rotor
interface, and
the second interface could be a Transient Rotor-Stator
interface. This might make sense if you are only interested in accounting for the
transient conditions between the rotor and the downstream stator.