Fluid dynamics and performance of partially and fully shrouded axial turbines

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 668-678

  Porreca, Luca ^a   Behr, T ^a   Schlienger, J ^a   Kalfas, A I ^a   Abhari, R S ^a   Ehrhard, J ^b   Janke, E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Rolls Royce Deutschland ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; STEADY FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BLADE GEOMETRY; LEAKAGE VORTEX; TIP CLEARANCE;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TURBINE;

EID: 27644487590     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2008972     Document Type: Article

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