Experimental and numerical investigation of the unsteady leakage flow through the rotor tip labyrinth of a 1.5-stage axial turbine

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 439-450

  Wolter, K ^a   Peters, P ^b   Giboni, A ^c   Menter, J R ^d   Pfost, H ^d  

^a UHDE GMBH   (Germany)

^b Atlas Copco Tools Central Europe GmbH   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS POWER GENERATION   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL TURBINE; FLOW FIELD; LEAKAGE FLOW; MEASUREMENT PLANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TURBINES; VORTEX FLOW;

ROTORS;

EID: 27744547744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2005-68156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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