Micro-scale radial-flow compressor impeller made of silicon nitride - Manufacturing and performance

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 779-788

  Kang, Sangkyun ^a   Matsunaga, Minoru ^b   Johnston, James P ^a   Tsuru, Hideaki ^c   Arima, Toshiyuki ^b   Prinz, Fritz B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

^c HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Compressor; Gas turbine engine; Micro scale; SDM

Indexed keywords

COLD FLOW RIGS; RADIAL FLOW DIFFUSERS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS GENERATORS; GAS TURBINES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IMPELLERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBOTS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBOMACHINERY; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 0348226419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2003-38933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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