Development and application of a CFD solver to the simulation of centrifugal compressors

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Niazi, Saeid ^a   Stein, Alex ^a   Sankar, L N ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NASA;

CFD SOLVER; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; LOW SPEED; PERFORMANCE DATA; RESEARCH CENTER; STABLE OPERATION; SURFACE PRESSURES;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS;

EID: 85088353079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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