A method for estimating the influence of time-dependent vane and blade pressure fields on turbine rim seal ingestion

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3 PART B, Issue , 2006, Pages 1519-1530

  Johnson, Bruce V ^a   Bohn, Dieter E ^b   Jakoby, Ralf ^a   Cunat, Didier ^c  

^a ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TURBOMECA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL LOCATION; CAVITY PRESSURE; PRESSURE-DRIVEN INGRESS; SEAL INGESTION;

CAVITATION; INGESTION (ENGINES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORIFICES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SEALS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 33750832304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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