Experimental and computational investigation of the tip clearance flow in a transonic axial compressor rotor

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 218-229

  Suder, K L ^a   Celestina, M L ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS-AXIAL; FLOW; TIP-CLEARANCE;

EID: 0029674548     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836629     Document Type: Article

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