Design principles and measured performance of multistage radial flow microturbomachinery at low Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1111031-11110311

  Lee, Changgu ^a   Arslan, Selin ^a   Fréchette, Luc G ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC EFFICIENCIES; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; BLADE ROWS; DESIGN CONCEPTS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN PROCESSES; MAXIMUM SPEEDS; MECHANICAL POWERS; MICRO TURBOMACHINERIES; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ROTOR SPEEDS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GAS DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; MACHINE DESIGN; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SILICON; TURBINES;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 55149085196     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2979010     Document Type: Article

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