Bladerow interactions, transition, and high-lift aerofoils in low-pressure turbines

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2005, Pages 71-98

  Hodson, Howard P ^a   Howell, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Transition to turbulence; Turbine; Turbomachinery; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES;

BLADEROW INTERACTIONS; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYERS; LOW-PRESSURE TURBINES;

TURBINES;

AEROFOIL; FLUID MECHANICS; TURBINE;

FLUID MECHANICS; PRESSURE; TURBINE;

EID: 14544274564     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.37.061903.175511     Document Type: Article

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