Investigation of an inversely designed centrifugal compressor stage - Part I: Design and numerical verification

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Zangeneh, M ^a   Schleer, M ^b   Ploger F ^c   Hong, S S ^b   Roduner, C ^d   Ribi, B ^e   Abhari, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HV Turbo   (Denmark)

^d ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^e MAN turbomaschinen AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; MACHINE DESIGN; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; UNIFORM EXIT FLOW;

COMPRESSORS;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR; CENTRIFUGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942535882     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1645868     Document Type: Article

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