A study of the flow field in a model rotor-stator disk cavity

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Roy, R P ^a   Devasenathipathy, S ^a   Xu, G ^a   Zhao, Y ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW RATE; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; TURBULENT FLOW; VANE PUMPS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; GAS TURBINE DISKS; MAINSTREAM FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; ROTOR STATOR DISK CAVITY; STATIC PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84928501118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/99-GT-246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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