Transonic fan and compressor design

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-436

  Calvert, W J ^a   Cinder, R B ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial flow compressors; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Design; Transonic flow; Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW COMPRESSOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FAN; TRANSONIC FLOW; TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 0032851754     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406991522671     Document Type: Article

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