Experimental investigation of angular cascade performance
Abstract
The analysis of radial equilibrium was experimentally verified for compressible flow through a stationary cascade, where radial equilibrium was defined as uniform axial mass flow. A specially designed annular flow test apparatus was constructred and its features are described in detail. The results of detailed flow field surveys using three different blade angle settings are summarized and were compared with both the free vortex and the Engelman analysis. In order to aid visualization of the real flow field as measured, various computerized graphical presentations of the data are shown. In addition, these survey results were compared with analytical predictions from both a two dimensional computer program and a three dimensional computer program.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhDT........93M
- Keywords:
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- Annular Flow;
- Axial Flow;
- Cascade Flow;
- Flow Distribution;
- Compressible Flow;
- Computer Programs;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer