Aerodynamics of a family of three highly loaded low-pressure turbine airfoils: Measured effects of Reynolds number and turbulence intensity in steady flow

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART A, Issue , 2006, Pages 961-969

  Popovic, I ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Dai, W ^a   Sjolander, S A ^a   Praisner, T ^b   Grover, E ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; BASELINE AIRFOILS; LOW PRESSURE (LP) TURBINE; ZWEIFEL COEFFICIENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; TURBINES; TURBULENCE;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 33750881176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-91271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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