Measurements in a turbine cascade flow under ultra low Reynolds number conditions

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Van Treuren, Kenneth W ^a   Simon, Terrence ^b   Von Koller, Marc ^c   Byerley, Aaron R ^d   Baughn, James W ^e   Rivir, Richard ^f  

^a Baylor University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c Bundesamt fur Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung   (Germany)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low reynolds number flow; Turbine cascade

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FREESTREAM TURBULENCE; LOSS COEFFICIENTS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; SEPARATION REGIONS; TRANSITION FROM LAMINAR TO TURBULENT FLOWS; TURBINE CASCADE; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84905728365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/2001-GT-0164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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