The "Turbomachinery - Background" is the first part of a series of monographs devoted to different aspects of rotating machines. The book presents the main fundamentals which are necessary for the different problems of steam, gas, wind and water turbines as well as pumps, compressors and propellers which will discussed in detail in the subsequent parts of the series.

Efficiency of turbomachinery is usually defined using an isentropic process. This approach provides a reliable reference point only when pressure and temperature measurements are available, e.g. at the casing inlet and outlet. In the case of a single stage internal efficiency determination the reference point is difficult. Computational fluid dynamics allows for an exact calculation of values of losses occurring in a turbine...

1. How 2D model for turbomachinery stages has developed historically. 2. Recent understanding of physical background of 2D model. 3. Curvilinear system of non-orthogonal coordinates in the application to 2D model. 4. Set of basic equations. 5. Closing conditions for the inverse problem. 6. Examples of solutions a)

W artykule przedstawion rys historyczny dotyczący modelu osiowo-symetrycznego w zastosowaniu do maszyn wirnikowych. Została sformułowana metoda rozwiązywania zadania odwrotnego polegaająca na znajdywaniu powierzchni będfącej obrazem łopatki w osiowo symetrycznym modelu maszyny wirnikowej. Zaprezentowano przykłady zastosowania tej metody w odniesieniu do łopatki kierowniczej turbiny, spreżarki promieniowej oraz pompo-turbiny.

In this study numerical simulations of 2D viscous flutter were performed and compared with available experimental results for various mesh densities and flow parameters. Calculations were carried out for the bending oscillations of an Eleventh Standard Configuration cascade. ANSYS CFX code was used for the SST, SA and k-ω turbulence model calculations.