Effects of nonaxisymmetric tip clearance on axial compressor performance and stability

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 648-661

  Graf, M B ^a   Wong, T S ^a   Greitzer, E M ^a   Marble, F E ^a   Tan, C S ^a   Bright, H W ^b   Wisler, D C ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

AXIAL COMPRESSORS; NONAXISYMMETRIC CLEARANCE;

COMPRESSORS;

AXIAL COMPRESSOR; PERFORMANCE; STABILITY;

EID: 0032194648     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841774     Document Type: Article

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