Unsteady flow and shock motion in a transonic compressor rotor

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Copenhaver, W W ^a,c   Puterbaugh, S L ^a,c   Hah, C ^b,c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; SHOCK WAVES; TRANSONIC FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

MACH NUMBER; SHOCK MOTION; TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR ROTOR;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 0030734556     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5145     Document Type: Article

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