Studies of nucleating and wet steam flows in two-dimensional cascades

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 218, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 843-858

  Mashmoushy, H ^a,b   Mahpeykar, M R ^c   Bakhtar, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blow down tunnel; Cascades of blades; Non equilibrium flow; Nucleating flow; Steam turbines; Two phase flow; Wet steam

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUCLEATION; STEAM TURBINES; SUPERCOOLING; SUPERSONIC FLOW; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

TURBINE BALDING; WET STEAMS;

STEAM ENGINEERING;

BLADE; NUCLEATION; STEAM; STEAM TURBINE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 4143083641     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406041474219     Document Type: Article

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