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Introducing boundary conditions for turbomachinery modeling
This article describes how to define boundary conditions to simulate the complex physics in turbomachinery.

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Introducing boundary conditions for turbomachinery modeling

This article describes how to define boundary conditions to simulate the complex physics in turbomachinery.

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Boundary conditions summary
Modeling the 1D duct network:
- Two modeling approaches
- Convection coupling of duct’s nodes and elements to the rotating wall
- Convection coupling of ducts inside a 3D solid body
- Constraining duct temperatures on nodes or elements
Modeling thermal contacts
Specific convective boundary conditions for turbomachinery:
- Thermal streams, including modeling total temperature effects on wall due to rotating flow and connecting thermal streams
- Thermal voids
- Thermal convecting zones
Protective layers
Radiation
Structural boundary conditions

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