Design and testing of swept and leaned outlet guide vanes to reduce stator-strut-splitter aerodynamic flow interactions

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 416-427

  Wadia, A R ^a   Szucs, P N ^a   Gundy Burlet, K L ^b  

^a GE AVIATION   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RADIAL FLOW; STRUTS; TURBOFAN ENGINES; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLOW ANALYSIS; OUTLET GUIDE VANES (OGV);

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; FAN; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SPLITTER; STATOR; VANE;

EID: 0032723965     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841334     Document Type: Article

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