Periodic transition on an axial compressor stator: Incidence and clocking effects: Part II— Transition onset predictions

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 408-415

  Solomon, W J ^a   Walker, G J ^b   Hughes, J D ^b  

^a GE AVIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STEADY FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WAKES;

COMPRESSOR STATORS; FREE STREAM TURBULENCE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MISES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AXIAL COMPRESSOR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STATOR; TRANSITION FLOW;

EID: 0032723964     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841333     Document Type: Article

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