Minimization of the exit loss of a rotor-only axial fan

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-33

  Von Backstrom T W ^a   Buys, J D ^a   Stinnes, W H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Axial fan; Fan design rules; Fan efficiency; Kinetic energy; Sequential quadratic programming

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; CONSTRAINT THEORY; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; ROTORS (WINDINGS); VELOCITY;

AXIAL FAN; KINETIC ENERGY FLUX; LOSS SOURCE; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

FANS;

EID: 0029699642     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159608941108     Document Type: Article

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