Design methods of volute casings for turbocharger turbine applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Chen, H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Q 3D method; Tongue loss modelling; Turbocharger turbines; Volute casing design

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

STREAMLINE EQUATIONS; TONGUE LOSS MODELLING; TURBOCHARGER TURBINES; VOLUTE CASINGS;

TURBINES;

CASINGS-VOLUTE; DESIGN; TURBINES; TURBOCHARGER;

EID: 0029656777     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_022_02     Document Type: Article

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