Using Gurney flaps to control laminar separation on linear cascade blades

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Gas Turbine Institute, Turbo Expo (Publication) IGTI

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1191-1199

  Byerley, Aaron R ^a   Störmer, Oliver ^b   Baughn, James W ^c   Simon, Terrence W ^d   Van Treuren, Kenneth W ^e   List, Jörg ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Bundesamt Wehrtechnik Beschaffung ^*  (Germany)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GURNEY FLAPS; LAMINAR SEPARATION; LINEAR CASCADE BLADES; WALL STATIC PRESSURE;

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 0037000664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2002-30662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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