Abstract: The actuator-disk method is a cost-effective simulation tool that implicitly represents the rotor of a turbomachine using a blade-element approach combined with two-dimensional (2D) airfoil coefficient input data. Actuator-disk ...

Abstract: Actuator-disk rotor models are important simulation tools for cost-effective industrial axial fan system analysis. Actuator-disk fan model performance, however, is constrained by the conventional use of two-dimensional ...

Abstract: Implicit axial flow fan models are commonly used for the numerical analysis of industrial heat exchanger systems. However, these fan models perform poorly within the often complex off-design flow environments characteristic ...