Wells turbine rotors: A comparison of the predicted and measured aerodynamic performance

9th European Conference on Turbomachinery: Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, ETC 2011 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1085-1094

  Starzmann, R ^a   Carolus, T H ^a   Tease, K ^b   Arlitt, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b Voith Paper GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; DESIGN POINTS; DISTINCT POINTS; NO LOAD; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; PERFORMANCE; POINT OF OPERATION; TURBINE ROTOR; WELLS TURBINE;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84915784755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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