Separation and transition control on an aft-loaded ultra-high-lift LP turbine blade at low reynolds numbers: Low-speed investigation

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 711-723

  Zhang, Xue Feng ^a   Vera, Maria ^a   Hodson, Howard ^a   Harvey, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; SUCTION SURFACE; TRANSITION CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 27744582621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2005-68892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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