Investigation of tip clearance vortex structures through numerical flow visualization

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 239, Issue , 1996, Pages 157-161

  Lee, Yu Tai ^a   Hah, Chunill ^b   Loellbach, James ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

TIP CLEARANCE VORTEX STRUCTURES;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0030363811     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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