Interaction of shroud leakage flow and main flow in a three-stage LP turbine

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-658

  Gier, Jochen ^a   Stubert, Bertram ^a   Brouillet, Bernard ^a   de Vito, Laurent ^a  

^a MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CAVITY RELATED LOSS MECHANISMS; LEAKAGE LOSSES; SHROUD LEAKAGE FLOW;

GAS TURBINES;

AEROFOIL; LEAKAGE; TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 27644589299     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2006667     Document Type: Article

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