Numerical simulation of the flow interaction between turbine main annulus and disc cavities

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART A, Issue , 2006, Pages 553-562

  Boudet, Jérôme ^a   Hills, Nicholas J ^b   Chew, John W ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADING AERODYNAMICS; DISC CAVITIES; STAGNATION TEMPERATURE;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STEAM TURBINES;

AXIAL FLOW;

EID: 33750880624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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