Computational study of viscous effects on lobed mixer flow features and performance

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-456

  O'Sullivan, M N ^a,c   Krasnodebski, J K ^a,c   Waitz, I A ^a,c,d   Greitzer, E M ^a,c,d   Tan, C S ^a,c,d   Dawes, W N ^b,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

^d AIAA ^*

^e Whittle Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EFFECTS; GEOMETRY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOFAN ENGINES; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

LOBED MIXERS; SHED CIRCULATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030148643     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24056     Document Type: Article

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