Effects of the tip clearance on vortical flow and its relation to noise in an axial flow fan

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-365

  Jang, Choon Man ^a   Fukano, Tohru ^a   Furukawa, Masato ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial flow fan; Numerical simulation; Rotating hot wire; Tip clearance; Velocity fluctuation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; AXIAL FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

VELOCITY FLUCTUATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW; FAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; TESTING METHOD; VORTICITY;

EID: 0142213855     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.46.356     Document Type: Article

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