Toward improved rotor-only axial fans-Part II: Design optimization for maximum efficiency

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 324-329

  Sphirensen D N ^a   Thompson, M C ^b   Sphirensen J N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 4243251664     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.483260     Document Type: Article

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