Application of casing circumferential grooves for improved stall margin in a transonic axial compressor

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

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1141-1153

  Rabe, D C ^a   Hah, C ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASING CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVES; ENDWALL BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; TRANSONIC AXIAL COMPRESSOR;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FLOW PATTERNS; MACHINE DESIGN; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTORS; TRANSONIC FLOW;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 0037003646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2002-30641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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