Effect of unsteadiness on the performance of a transonic centrifugal compressor stage

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Trébinjac, Isabelle ^a   Kulisa, Pascale ^a   Bulot, Nicolas ^a   Rochuon, Nicolas ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b TURBOMECA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BLADE ROW INTERACTION; BOW SHOCK WAVE; CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR STAGE; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; COMPRESSOR STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MASS FLOW; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATING RANGES; OVERALL PRESSURE RATIOS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; STEADY SIMULATION; TIME-AVERAGED; TOTAL PRESSURE RATIO; UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS; VANED DIFFUSER; WAKE FLOWS;

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; INLET FLOW; MACH NUMBER; MACHINE DESIGN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHOCK WAVES; WAKES; WAVES;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS;

EID: 77649201867     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3070575     Document Type: Article

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