Experimental and computational assessment of windage losses in rotating machinery

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-122

  Wild, P M ^a   Djilali, N ^a   Vickers, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTORS; SHEAR STRESS; TORQUE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANNULUS; AZIMUTHAL SHEAR STRESS; CENTRIFUGAL DESALINATOR; TAYLOR VORTICES; WINDAGE LOSSES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030107560     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2817488     Document Type: Article

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