Optimal design of swept, leaned and skewed blades in a transonic axial compressor

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART B, Issue , 2006, Pages 1279-1288

  Jang, Choon Man ^a   Samad, Abudus ^b   Kim, Kwang Yong ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axial Compressor; Blade Optimization; Lean; Skew; Sweep

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSOR; BLADE OPTIMIZATION; BLADE SWEEP; LEAN; SKEW;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPRESSORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROTORS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 33750883939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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