Measurements in separated and transitional boundary layers under low-pressure turbine airfoil conditions

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Volino, Ralph J ^a   Hultgren, Lennart S ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEPARATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; BOUNDARY-LAYER SEPARATION; FREESTREAM TURBULENCE; HIGH FREE-STREAM TURBULENCE; INSTABILITY WAVES; LOW-PRESSURE TURBINES; SEPARATION REGIONS; TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84955271328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/2000-GT-0260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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