On the performance of a cascade of turbine rotor tip section blading in nucleating steam Part 3: Theoretical treatment

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

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Bakhtar, F ^a   Mahpeykar, M R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Mashhad   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cascades of blades; Fluid dynamics; Nucleation; Steam turbines; Time machining; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUCLEATION; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

STEAM NUCLEATION; TURBINE ROTOR TIP SECTION BLADING;

STEAM TURBINES;

EID: 0030678848     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971521773     Document Type: Article

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