Numerical Investigations of Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Pump with a Vaned Diffuser

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses were made to study the unsteady three-dimensional turbulence in the ERCOFTAC centrifugal pump test case. The simulations were carried out using the OpenFOAM Open Source CFD software. The test case consists of an unshrouded centrifugal impeller with seven b...

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Main Authors: Olivier Petit, Håkan Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/961580