Nonuniform Clearance Effects on Pressure Distribution and Leakage Flow in the Straight-through Labyrinth Seals

Table 2

Numerical method and boundary conditions.

Analysis type	Steady state
Fluid	Air ideal gas
Heat transfer	Total energy
Turbulence model	SST
Discretization scheme	High resolution
Grid	Periodic hexahedral elements
Wall	Adiabatic
Inlet total temperature	300 K
Inlet turbulence intensity	5%
Pressure ratio
Reynolds number
Circumferential Mach number
Dimensionless minimum tip clearance
Nonuniformity coefficient