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Centrifugal blowers are widely used in automotive, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other industrial purposes. In fact, they allow high-pressure increase to a moderately high mass flow rate, despite the reduced overall dimensions of the system. Numerous authors have worked to increase the fluid dynamic efficiency of the impeller and...

High-speed centrifugal compressor requirements include a wide operating range between choking and stall especially for turbocharging applications. The prediction of the stability limit at different speeds is still challenging. In literature, several studies have been published on the phenomena that trigger the compressor instability. However, a...

The problem of turbine cascade design is considered using automatic optimisation strategies. After the profile parameterisation, two different models are considered to simulate the cascade performances: experimental correlations and a Navier-Stokes code. Interesting considerations on the optimisation algorithm can be drawn using correlations...

The braking system of a racing car is one of the main design challenges. The flow around and inside the wheel of an F1 car with all braking system components is analyzed in order to evaluate the heat transfer after a braking event. Very few studies have been published on this topic, mainly due to the high confidentiality level in the racing car...

The COVID-19 infection has emerged as a disruptive pandemic at worldwide level. The study of the mechanism of contagion is one of the greatest challenges before a mass vaccination campaign that would protect populations. The study can support the development of knowledge and tools to develop possible strategies for containing its spread in...

The challenge to be able to predict the stability limit in high speed centrifugal compressor is particularly strategic in an initial design phase. Furthermore, to be able to predict the limit massflow rate through the use of simplified numerical models (which does not require excessive computational resources) is very important. In the...

The present work is focused on the study of an innovative fluidic device. It consists of a two-ways diverter valve able to elaborate an inlet water flow and divert it through one of the two outlets without moving parts but as a result of a fluctuation of pressure induced by two actuation ports, or channels. Such apparatus is named Attachment...

The problem of turbine cascade design is considered using automatic optimisation strategies. Genetic algorithms (GA) have proved, in previous applications, to be able to deal with optimisation problems with many independent variables and to be extremely easy to use into a general computational system. On the other hand GA require a high number...

Numerical solutions of Navier-Stokes equations are nowadays widely used for several industrial applications in different fields (aerodynamic, propulsion, naval, combustion, etc..), but the solution methods still require significant improvements especially in two aspects: turbulence modeling and fluid modeling. The paper describes in some detail...

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A procedure has been developed to optimise the design of an axial turbine stage. A standard, streamline curvature throughflow code, with standard loss correlations, was combined with a simple paxameterisation of the geometry and a standard, constrained minimisation routine. An analytic differentiaticm of the loss correlations VAS also carried...

The purpose of this paper is to characterize and to estimate the recirculating length behind an aerodynamic profile in ground effect with Gurney Flap. The flow characterization at high Reynolds numbers was performed by means of numerical analysis. A correlation between the size of the recirculation length and the frequency of vortex shedding...

The design of a racing car needs several aerodynamic design steps in order to achieve high performance. Each component has an aerodynamic interaction with the others and high performance requires a good match between them. The front wing is undoubtedly one of the main components to determine car performance with a strong interaction with the...

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Twin scroll radial turbines are increasingly used for turbocharging applications, to take advantage of the pulsating exhaust gases. In spite of its relevance in turbocharging techniques, scientific literature about CFD applied to twin scroll turbines is limited, especially in case of partial admission. In the present paper a CFD complete model...

The design features of a centrifugal compressor must guarantee high performance and a wide operating range. The ported shroud was developed specifically to extend the operating limit. It is a passive flow control device based on a cavity for flow recirculation to avoid blade passage blocking in near surge conditions. A CFD simulation campaign...