The steady and unsteady flow field at the pump and the turbine exit of a 245 mm diameter automotive torque converter was measured by a miniature high-frequency-response five-hole probe and a high-frequency-response total pressure Pitot probe in the stationary reference frame. The data were decomposed into blade periodic, blade aperiodic, and unresolved unsteady components. The periodic flow data shows that the pump exit flow has four major zones; the free-stream flow, the blade wake flow, the core-suction corner separation flow, and the mixing zone. The unsteady flow data shows that the unsteadiness in the free-stream is uniform, and the unsteadiness in the wake mixing flow zone is very high. The turbine exit flow is almost fully developed at the measurement plane, the flow field is uniform in the tangential direction, and only radial gradients in flow properties exist. A region of separated flow with high unsteadiness and high axial component of vorticity was observed at the measurement plane near the core.
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Steady and Unsteady Flow Field at Pump and Turbine Exits of a Torque Converter
Y. Dong,
Y. Dong
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Park, PA 16802
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B. Lakshminarayana,
B. Lakshminarayana
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Park, PA 16802
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D. Maddock
D. Maddock
GM Powertrain Group, General Motors Corporation, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
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Y. Dong
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Park, PA 16802
B. Lakshminarayana
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Park, PA 16802
D. Maddock
GM Powertrain Group, General Motors Corporation, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
J. Fluids Eng. Sep 1998, 120(3): 538-548 (11 pages)
Published Online: September 1, 1998
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May 28, 1997
Revised:
January 13, 1998
Online:
January 22, 2008
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Dong, Y., Lakshminarayana, B., and Maddock, D. (September 1, 1998). "Steady and Unsteady Flow Field at Pump and Turbine Exits of a Torque Converter." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. September 1998; 120(3): 538–548. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2820696
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