High Reynolds Number Flow through an Axial-Flow Pump: Geometry and Data Files

摘要

The high Reynolds number pump (HIREP) facility at the Applied Research Laboratoryof The Pennsylvania State University (ARL Penn State) has been used to perform a low-speed, large-scale experiment of the incompressible flow of water through a two blade-row turbomachine. The objectives of this experiment were to provide a database for comparison with three-dimensional, turbulent flow computations, to evaluate engineering models, and to improve our physical understanding of many of the phenomena involved in this complex flow field. With a complete description of the HIREP geometry, the experimental results provide an excellent test case for comparison with numerical computations. This report briefly outlines the facility, blade row geometry, and locations where measurements were taken during the HIREP experiment. The report also introduces the reader to the available experimental and design data, as well as to the format of the contributed data bank files. (AN).