简介:Atopologymethodispresentedinthispapertorevealflowtructureoccurringinsieturbomachinery,inwhichnearwallflowstructureisrevealedbyusingwalllimitingstreamilinesandspaceflowfeatureisrevealedbyusingspacestreamilinesandcross-sectionstreamlines,Asanexample,acomputationalthree-dimensionalviscousflowfieldinsideatransonicturbinecascadeisstudied.Throughtheanalysis,theformandevolutionofvortexsystemandthewholeprocessofseparationoccurringwithinthiscascadearerevealed.Theapplicationoftopologymethodforanalyzeflowstructureinsideturbomachinmeryisveryimportantforunderstandingflowfeaturesandmechanismofflowlossevenforimprovingthedesignofturbomachineryandincreasingitsefficiency.