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Contra-rotating open rotor reverse thrust aerodynamicsMcCarthy, Martin 06 1900 (has links)
Reverse thrust operations of a model scale Contra-Rotating Open Rotor design were
numerically modelled to produce individual rotor thrust and torque results comparable
to experimental measurements. The aims of this research were to develop an
understanding of the performance and aerodynamics of open rotors during thrust
reversal operations and to establish whether numerical modelling with a CFD code can
be used as a prediction tool given the highly complex flowfield.
A methodology was developed from single rotor simulations initially before building a
3D‘frozen rotor’ steady-state approach to model contra-rotating blade rows in reverse
thrust settings. Two different blade pitch combinations were investigated (β1,2 =+30°,-
10° and β1,2 =-10°,-20°). Thrust and torque results compared well to the experimental
data and the effects of varying operating parameters, such as rpm and Mach number,
were reproduced and in good agreement with the observed experimental behaviour. The
main flow feature seen in all the reverse thrust cases modelled, both single rotor and
CROR, is a large area of recirculation immediately downstream of the negative pitch
rotor(s).This is a result of a large relative pressure drop region generated by the suction
surfaces of the negative pitch blades.
An initial 3D unsteady sliding-mesh calculation was performed for one CROR reverse
thrust case. The thrust and torque values were in poor agreement with experimental
values and the disadvantages relating to time costs and required computational
resources for this technique were illustrated. However, the results did yield a nominal
unsteady variation of thrust and torque due to rotor phase position.
Overall the work shows that it may be possible to develop a CROR reverse thrust
prediction tool of beneficial quality using CFD models. The research also shows that the
frozen rotor approach can be adopted without undermining the fidelity of the results.
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Design of Percutaneous Dual Propeller Pump to assist Patients with Single Functional VentricleJagani, Jakin Nitinkumar 26 March 2018 (has links)
Various congenital heart defects (CHDs) are characterized by the existence of a single functional ventricle, which perfuses both the systemic and pulmonary circulation in parallel. A three-stage palliation procedure, including the final Fontan Completion, is often adopted by surgeons to treat patients with such CHDs. However, the most common outcome of this surgery, an extra-cardiac total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC), formed by suturing the inferior vena cava (IVC) and superior vena cava (SVC) to the pulmonary arteries (PAs), results in non-physiological flow conditions, systemic venous hypertension, reduced cardiac output, and pressure losses, which ultimately calls for a heart transplantation. A modest pressure rise of 5-6 mm Hg would correct the abnormal flow dynamics in these patients. To achieve this, a novel conceptual design of a percutaneous dual propeller pump inserted and mounted inside the TCPC is developed and studied.
The designed blood pump is percutaneously inserted via the Femoral vein and deployed at the center of Total Cavopulmonary Connection (TCPC). The two propellers, each placed in the Superior Vena Cava (SVC) and the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) are connected by a single shaft and motor, and thus rotate at same speed. The device is supported with the help of a self-expanding stent which would be anchored to the walls of the IVC and the SVC. An inverse design methodology implementing Blade Element Momentum theory and Goldstein's radial momentum loss theory was employed to generate the blade profiles for the studied propeller pumps. The propeller blade profiles generated from the inverse design optimization code were examined for hydraulic performance, blood flow pattern and potential for hemolysis inside the TCPC using 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The Lagrangian particle tracking approach in conjunction with a non-linear mathematical power law model was used for predicting the blood damage potential of the analysed blood pump designs by calculating the scalar shear stress history sustained by the red blood cells (RBC).
The study demonstrated that the IVC and SVC propeller pumps could provide a pressure rise of 1-20 mm Hg at flow rates ranging from 0.5 to 5 lpm while rotating at speeds of 6,000-12,000 rpm. Moreover, the average Blood Damage Index (BDI), quantifying the level of blood trauma sustained by the RBCs for the analyzed propeller pump designs, was found to be around 3e-04% to 4e-04% which is within the acceptable limits for an axial flow heart assist device. Thus, such a dual propeller blood pump configuration could potentially provide assistance to Fontan patients by unloading the single functional ventricle thereby acting as a bridge to transplantation and recovery until a donor heart is available. / Master of Science / A single functional ventricle is a type of congenital heart defect, where either left or right ventricle is underdeveloped, resulting in a single ventricular chamber to pump blood to both the body as well as lungs. A three-stage surgical procedure called the Fontan procedure, is often adopted by the surgeons to treat this defect by disconnecting the inferior(IVC) and superior vena cava(SVC), the two main veins carrying de-oxygenated blood from the body to the heart, and connecting them to the pulmonary arteries(PAs), the vessels carrying de-oxygenated blood from heart to the lungs. This helps to bypass the underdeveloped ventricle and allows blood to flow directly from the body to the lungs. However, the absence of a pumping chamber in the newly developed blood portal system causes an increase in pressure inside the vena cava and pressure losses inside the pulmonary arteries, which results in vena cava hypertension, reduced cardiac output. A modest pressure rise of 5-6 mm Hg across the vena cava or pulmonary artery should correct the abnormal flow dynamics and should bring the cardiac output of such patients back to normal. To achieve this, a conceptual design of a dual propeller mechanical circulatory support device has been designed and developed in this thesis.
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