The influence of leading-edge geometry on secondary losses in a turbine cascade at the design incidence

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

Volumn 6 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 147-161

  Banner, M W ^a   Sjolander, S A ^a   Moustapha, S H ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRATT AND WHITNEY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACH NUMBERS; MASS FLOW RATES; PRESSURE LOSSES; SECONDARY FLOW FIELDS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; MACHINE DESIGN; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

TURBINES;

EID: 0348217788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2003-38107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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