Computational fluid dynamics for turbomachinery internal air systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1859, 2007, Pages 2587-2611

  Chew, John W ^a   Hills, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroengines; Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748857422     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2022     Document Type: Article

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