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180 René A. Van den Braembussche<br />

Fig. 6.26 Penalty function for negative loading <strong>and</strong> loading unbalance in a compressor<br />

with splitter vanes<br />

loading <strong>and</strong> is proportional to the area between the suction <strong>and</strong> pressure side<br />

when the pressure side Mach number is higher than the suction side one<br />

(Fig. 6.26). Areas <strong>of</strong> negative loading are penalized because they result in<br />

extra friction losses without contribution to the pressure rise<br />

Pnegativeloading =<br />

� 1<br />

0<br />

max(Mps(s) − Mss(s), 0.0) · ds<br />

The second contribution to the Mach penalty increases with the load unbalance<br />

between main blade <strong>and</strong> splitter blade. This penalty compares the<br />

area between the suction <strong>and</strong> pressure side Mach number distribution <strong>of</strong> main<br />

blade Abl <strong>and</strong> splitter blade Asp, corrected for the difference in blade length<br />

(Fig. 6.26):<br />

Pload unbalance =<br />

� Abl − Asp<br />

Abl + Asp<br />

6.6.3 Design Conditions <strong>and</strong> Results<br />

The computational domain starts at constant radius in the radial inlet <strong>and</strong><br />

ends in the parallel vaneless diffuser at R/R2 = 1.5 (Fig. 6.22). Part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

hub surface at the inlet (for R

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