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Pitch in Unsteady FINE/Turbo

Delfim Sa
Delfim Sa over 1 year ago

When I try to simulate an unsteady case of my turbine, I get this error:

 !PITCH ANGLE OF THE MESH SHOULD BE THE SAME AT R/S

After reading the manual, I found that I need to change the number of my guide vanes to match the number of my rotor blades. Is this correct?

What is the best method?

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  • Gaurav
    0 Gaurav 11 months ago

    For unsteady simulations, you must have the same periodicity on both sides of the R/S interface. If there are 12 vanes and 24 blades, you can use one vane and two blades.

    Either simulate the full 360deg or find a common periodicity (as explained above).

    Otherwise, if you have 12 vanes and 25 blades, you must approximate them to 24 blades and simulate them with one vane and two blades because there is no common periodicity in this case.

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    0 Gaurav 11 months ago

    For unsteady simulations, you must have the same periodicity on both sides of the R/S interface. If there are 12 vanes and 24 blades, you can use one vane and two blades.

    Either simulate the full 360deg or find a common periodicity (as explained above).

    Otherwise, if you have 12 vanes and 25 blades, you must approximate them to 24 blades and simulate them with one vane and two blades because there is no common periodicity in this case.

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    0 Delfim Sa 11 months ago in reply to Gaurav

    Hello,

    I must be missing something. I already did my mesh with 20 GV blanes and a rotor with 40 blades, but the same error message appears. Where do I specify that I want 1 vane and 2 blades?

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    +1 Gaurav 11 months ago in reply to Delfim Sa

    Navigate to AutoGrid software, right-click the rows, select the properties (the “Row Properties” interface will appear), and make the changes accordingly.

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  • Colinda
    +1 Colinda 11 months ago in reply to Delfim Sa

    You can look for the "Number of Meshed Passages" in the Row Properties as also described in more detail in the Autogrid5 v18.1 documentation in the section "Project Setup" under chapter 3 Meshing Fundamentals.

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