A computational model for short-wavelength stall inception and development in multistage compressors

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 726-734

  Gong, Y ^a   Tan, C S ^a   Gordon, K A ^a   Greitzer, E M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSOR; BLADE; FLOW; MULTISTAGE COMPRESSOR;

EID: 0033210769     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836726     Document Type: Article

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