Analysis of the impact of impeller geometry on the turbulent statistics inside a fan-stirred, cylindrical flame speed vessel using PIV

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ravi, Sankaranarayanan ^a   Peltier, Scott J ^a   Petersen, Eric L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE PITCH; FAN SPEED; FLAME SPEED; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; IMPELLER GEOMETRY; INTENSITY LEVELS; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN FLOW; NARROW BANDWIDTH; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PLEXIGLAS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY LEVEL; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT STATISTICS; VELOCITY FIELD;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; IMPELLERS; VELOCITY;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84871497603     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-012-1424-z     Document Type: Article

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