The aerodynamic performance and flow fields of the tangential admission volute and the admission volute coupled with downstream vanes were experimentally measured and numerically simulated in this research. The total pressure loss
outlet flow angle and mass flow rate of the tangential admission volute at three different outlet Mach numbers and of tangential admission volute coupled with downstream vanes at four different inlet total pressures were measured. The flow fields of the experimental tangential admission volute models were numerically investigated using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)equations and SST turbulence model. The simulated numerical aerodynamic parameters of the tangential admission volute were in good agreement with the experimental data and the accuracy of the presented numerical method was validated. Results showed that the outflow angles of the tangential admission volute and that of the tangential admission volute coupled with downstream
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