16.540 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Internal Flows in Turbomachines

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes for selected topics in the class are presented below. “Muddy Points” refer to topics that students found particularly difficult or confusing.

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IA

Class format and structure (PDF)

Modeling fluid flow (PDF)

II Pressure fields and upstream influence (PDF)
III

Vorticity and circulation: Concepts and applications

Applications of vorticity and circulation in describing “real flows”

Creation of a vortex ring

Vorticity and nozzle muddy points

V

Flow and forces

Weather systems on a rotating earth

Flow at low rossby number

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