Science as Art: Visualizing Airflow in a GE Jet Engine

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Comment by pery on November 3, 2012 at 12:10pm

Very beautiful unsteadiness!  - A great visualisation.

Comment by Catherine Mascrès on October 31, 2012 at 2:04pm

Thank you for sharing.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 31, 2012 at 5:29am

What we are visualizing is the unsteady flow through the low pressure turbine (LPT) of a jet aircraft engine. The flow field is fundamentally unsteady due to the unsteady geometry, i.e. the blades are alternatingly rotating or stationary, but historically our computational technology was limited to steady flow. By computing the unsteadiness, we get a better understanding of aerodynamics loss which we can utilized to design more efficient products.

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