A simplified analytical model for evaluating the noncavitating performance of axial inducers

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 4896-4904

  Bramanti, Cristina ^a,d,e   Cervone, Angelo ^b,d,e   D'Agostino, Luca ^c,d,e,f  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ALTA SpA   (Italy)

^d ESA Advanced Concepts Team ^*  (Netherlands)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL INDUCERS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL FLOW VELOCITY; NONCAVITATING PERFORMANCE;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 36749074484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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