Background

At the Institute for Gas Turbines and Aerospace Propulsion, high-resolution computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are performed to investigate the behaviour of high-pressure turbine stages under realistic operating conditions. The focus is on questions relating to aerothermal loading and the influencing factors of unsteady flow phenomena from the combustion chamber. Various methods and tools are currently used to analyse the extensive simulation data. However, in order to ensure uniform, reproducible and easily adaptable evaluation, Python-based routines for turbomachinery applications are to be developed as part of this work.