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Jeviah
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- Homework Statement
- Use CFD to determine the characteristics of a turbine.
- Relevant Equations
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Hello, I am using CFD to analyse a Kaplan turbine and am unsure on how to interpret the torque values as they come as x, y and z components. My understanding is that the z component in this case will determine the rotation direction depending on whether it is positive or negative however I am unsure how to interpret the x and y components, my thinking is that I would use vector addition to find the resulting magnitude of torque with the z component determining whether the part is rotating clockwise or anticlockwise? or would a have to do something different?
Current torque values:
195.3 (x component)
-60.2 (y component)
-6.9 (z component)
Current torque values:
195.3 (x component)
-60.2 (y component)
-6.9 (z component)