A new approach to the design of fan volute profiles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-294

  Qi, D T ^a   Pomfret, M J ^b   Lam, K ^c,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tuen Mun School Dental Clinic   (Hong Kong)

^c ASME

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Centrifugal machine; Fan performance; Inverse method; Volute design

Indexed keywords

FANS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CENTRIFUGAL MACHINES; VOLUTE PROFILES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

FANS-CENTRIFUGAL; VOLUTES;

EID: 0030482729     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_198_02     Document Type: Article

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