Flow mechanism for stall margin improvement due to circumferential casing grooves on axial compressors

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 708-717

  Shabbir, Aamir ^a   Adamczyk, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTORS; SHEAR STRESS;

AXIAL COMPRESSORS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL CASING GROOVES; STALL MARGIN;

COMPRESSORS;

AXIAL COMPRESSOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 27644509733     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2008970     Document Type: Article

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