Grid orthogonality effects on predicted turbine midspan heat transfer and performance

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Boyle, R J ^a   Ameri, A A ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PERFORMANCE; STATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

GRID ORTHOGONALITY EFFECTS; NAVIER-STOKES TURBOMACHINERY ANALYSIS; TURBINE STATOR;

TURBINES;

HEAT TRANSFER; TURBINES;

EID: 0030935566     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841008     Document Type: Article

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