Numerical and experimental study of rotating stall in an axial compressor stage

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1132-1141

  Saxer Felici, Hélène M ^a   Saxer, André P ^a   Inderbitzin, Andreas ^a   Gyarmathy, George ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EULER EQUATIONS; ROTATING STALL; SUBSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR;

SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034229364     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1106     Document Type: Article

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