Tip-clearance and secondary flows in a transonic compressor rotor

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 751-762

  Gerolymos, G A ^a   Vallet, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSOR BLADE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LEAKAGE; SECONDARY FLOW;

EID: 0033209827     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836729     Document Type: Article

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