Tutorial AT5 Axial Turbine Profiles Import-2.5.EN

AxSTREAM™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5AxialTurbineProfilesImportAxSTREAMv2.5.xxATTENTION!SomeresultsoftestcomputationsmayslightlydifferfromthepatternsgiveninthisTutorialsinceAxSTREAMispermanentlyinastateofprogress.Newupdatesofthesoftwarejustimproveoutputresultsofdesign.Copyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImportCONTENTS1.INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................................................................32.FLOWPATHBUILDINGWITHIMPORTEDPROFILES....................................................................................................................................42.1.Nozzleprofileimport.........................................................................................................................................................................................42.2.Bladeprofileimport.........................................................................................................................................................................................18Copyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImport1.INTRODUCTIONThetaskthatoftenfacesthedesigneristoimportexistingprofilescoordinatesintoflowpathdesigntoolssoastobeabletoanalyzethecompleteflowpath.Inthistutorialwewillworkwithestablishedinletandoutletthermodynamicparameters,meridiandimensions,numberofnozzlesandbladesforanexistingflowpath.Blades’profilepartisprismatic,buildwithasingleprofile,asspecifiedbyX-Ypointscoordinates(file–Profile-M-1.xls).Thepileisstaggered.Throatdimensionisnotspecifiedandisdefinedbyprofilestaggeredinthedatumstation.Filestobeused:•AxSTREAMfile–Tut_7_input_data.adx–projectfilewithturbineflowpaththermodynamicandgeometricparameters;•Excelfile–Profile-M-1.xls–X-Ypointscoordinatesdescribingblades’profilepart.BeforeimportingprofilespleaseensurethatAxSTREAMprojectisfilledwithdataandcalculatedatleastinmeanlinetask,i.e.allparameterswhicharenecessarytoperformprofilingarealreadyknown.FORYOURNOTESCopyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImport2.FLOWPATHBUILDINGWITHIMPORTEDPROFILES2.1.NozzleprofileimportTherecommendedprocedureofprofileimportforfurtheranalysisandoptimizationis:•Importsourceprofile•savesourceprofileasshadowprofile(background)•createcustomprofilewithshapeclosetosavedshadowprofile•savecustomprofiletoATLASStartwith“Tut_7_input_data.adx”2.1.1.Pressthe“Profiler”button(Fig.1)onthetoolbar.Fig.1.Toolbarwindow2.1.2.Inthe“Profiler”windowsetthenozzlesandbladesprofilesspecifiedinthepoints;openProfile-M-1.xlsfile,Fig.2below.Fig.2.ProfilepointscoordinatesBeforecopyingdatapleaseensurethatdecimalseparatorpresetinyourPCisdot.FORYOURNOTESCopyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImport2.1.3.Set“Profiler”windowstothefirststageusingthenavigationbuttons(horizontalarrows).2.1.4.InExcelfile,selectprofilepointscoordinatesandperform“Copytoclipboard”forselectedregion2.1.5.Pressthe“Importprofile”buttononthetoolbarof“Profiler”window;“ImportedPoint”dialogboxopens.Fig.3.Toolbarofthe“Profiler”windowFig.4.“ImportedPoint”dialogwindow2.1.6.Inthe“ImportedPoint”dialogwindow:•chooseaprofilemethodofstaggeras“Fixed”(Fig.4)•setunitsforpointscoordinates–mm(Fig.4)FORYOURNOTESCopyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImport•setthecursoronthetableheaderandcallacontextmenuviarightmouseclick•Clickon“PasteTable”command•Clickon“UpdateView”button(Fig.4);Theimportedprofileshapewillappearinwindow.Formoreaccurateprofilerecognitionbeforeimportintotheproject,it’isnecessarytomanuallydefineprofileLEandTEshapes.2.1.7Press“LEedit”buttoninprofileimportwindowandclickontwopointswhichdetermineLEshapes.Fig.5.LEmanualrecognitionFORYOURNOTESCopyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]™-TurbomachineryFlowPathConceptualDesignSuiteAxSTREAMTutorialAT5-AxialTurbineProfilesImport2.1.8Press“EditTE”buttonandrepeatp.2.1.7forprofileTEFig.6.TEmanualrecognitionFORYOURNOTESCopyright©2000-2009.AllrightsreservedSoftInWay,Inc.,35CorporateDr.,Burlington,MA01803.Tel:[phone]