Particle transport analysis of sand ingestion in gas turbine engines

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Brun, Klaus ^a   Nored, Marybeth ^a   Kurz, Rainer ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED   (United States)

Author keywords

Blade erosion; Gas turbine; Particle transport; Sand ingestion

Indexed keywords

BLADE EROSION; CFD SOLVER; COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPONENT DESIGN; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL FUNCTIONS; ENGINE MAINTENANCE; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; HIGH-SPEED; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; INLET AIR; NEAR-FIELD; NONDIMENSIONAL; PARTICLE IMPACT; PARTICLE INJECTION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; ROTATING IMPELLERS; SOFTWARE TOOL; STATISTICAL PROBABILITY; TEST RIGS; TRANSIENT FLOW FIELDS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIRFOILS; GAS TURBINES; IMPELLERS; JET ENGINES; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; ROTATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

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EID: 80555125896     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004187     Document Type: Article

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