Multistage aspects and unsteady effects of stator and rotor clocking in an axial turbine with low aspect ratio blading

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-22

  Behr, T ^a   Porreca, L ^a   Mokulys, T ^a   Kalfas, A I ^a   Abhari, R S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBES; ROTORS; STATORS; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

LOW ENERGY FLUID; PNEUMATIC FIVE-HOLE PROBES; ROTOR CLOCKING; TURBINE BLADE GEOMETRIES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ASPECT RATIO; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBES; ROTORS; STATORS; STEADY FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 33645757350     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2101855     Document Type: Article

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