Modeling laminar-to-turbulent transition in a low-pressure turbine flow which is unsteady due to passing wakes: Part I, transition onset

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

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 861-870

  Jiang, Nan ^a   Simon, Terrence W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE GRADIENTS; SURFACE SKIN FRICTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW CONTROL; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY; WAKES;

TURBINES;

EID: 0347595051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2003-38787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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