An advanced finite-element package, tailored to the static and dynamic analysis of radial impellers has been produced. Two families of new elements, one for thin and thick plates and the other for thin and thick shells, have been derived and proved to perform very well within a wide range of structural thicknesses. Static and dynamic economical solvers, two- and three-dimensional mesh generation and plotting, sectorial symmetric analysis, steady state response, transient response, and other programs are part of the large number of facilities available in the package. The finite-element package has been validated by solving a large number of simple case studies and comparing the package results with those obtained from analytical solutions. Two different radial impeller, experimental validation tests have been carried out, the first being the dynamic analysis of a radial impeller using the time averaged holographic technique, and the second the measurement of the steady-state stresses by means of a strain-gauge/slip ring assembly for a rotating impeller. The experimental results have been shown to be in good agreement with those obtained from the package.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:380710 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Al-Azzawi, Mohammad Mousa |
| Contributors | Cookson, R. A. : El-Zafrany, A. |
| Publisher | Cranfield University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5713 |
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