Experimental and computational results from the nasa lewis low-speed centrifugal impeller at design and part-flow conditions

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-65

  Chriss, R M ^a   Hathaway, M D ^b   Wood, J R ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FLOW CONDITIONERS; IMPELLERS-CENTRIFUGAL;

EID: 0029671476     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836607     Document Type: Article

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