Research Article

Fluid-Thermal-Structural Coupled Analysis of a Radial Inflow Micro Gas Turbine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Solid Mechanics

Table 2

Different cases considered for stress analysis.

CasesCentrifugal loadAerodynamic loadThermal loadResults

Case  1NoNoYesThermal stress
Case  2YesYesNoCentrifugal stress
Case  3YesYesYesTotal stress