Effects of blade sweep on the performance characteristics of axial flow turbomachinery rotors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 737-751

  Vad, J ^a   Kwedikha, A R A ^a   Jaberg, H ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Axial flow turbomachinery; Blade sweep; Efficiency improvement; Stall margin improvement

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOUS FLOW;

ASPECT RATIO BLADING; BLADE SWEEP; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; STALL MARGIN IMPROVEMENT;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33751248193     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE249     Document Type: Article

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