Benchmarking the Performance of the Actuator-Disk Method for Low-Pressure Axial Flow Fan Simulation
Adam J. Venter,
Michael T. F. Owen,
Jacques Muiyser
Abstract:The actuator-disk method is a cost-effective simulation tool that implicitly represents the rotor of a turbomachine using a blade-element approach combined with 2D airfoil coefficient input data. Actuator-disk models further rely upon empirical coefficient corrections to modify the 2D input data to better mimic physical blade aerodynamic characteristics. However, the fabrication of high-fidelity, general-purpose corrections remains a formidable challenge, so the limits of actuator-disk model accuracy have neve… Show more
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