Aerodynamic effects of forward blade skew in axial flow rotors of controlled vortex design

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

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1011-1023

  Vad, J ^a   Kwedikha, A R A ^a   Horvath Cs ^a   Balczo M ^a   Lohasz M M ^a   Regert T ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Axial flow turbomachinery; Circumferential forward skew; Controlled vortex design; Forward blade skew; Forward blade sweep

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; RADIAL FLOW; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTROLLED VORTEX DESIGN; FORWARD BLADE SKEW; FORWARD BLADE SWEEP;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; RADIAL FLOW; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 36349004763     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE420     Document Type: Article

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