Modeling contra-rotating turbomachinery components for engine performance simulations: The geared turbofan with contra-rotating core case

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Alexiou, A ^a   Roumeliotis, I ^a   Aretakis, N ^a   Tsalavoutas, A ^a   Mathioudakis, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-ENGINE; AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; COMPONENT MODEL; CONTRA-ROTATING; COOLING AIR FLOW; DESIGN POINTS; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; ENGINE WEIGHT; EUROPEAN PROGRAM; HIGH PRESSURE; MEAN LINE; METHOD OF MODELING; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE MODEL; RUNNING-IN; SPEED RATIO; TURBOMACHINERY COMPONENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN; ROTATING MACHINERY;

TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 84867024575     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007197     Document Type: Article

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