Application of a multi-block cfd code to investigate the impact of geometry modeling on centrifugal compressor flow field predictions

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 820-830

  Hathaway, M D ^a   Wood, J R ^b  

^a Vehicle Technology Directorate   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD;

EID: 0031456007     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841193     Document Type: Article

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