Abstract: Research conducted at MIT since 1968 stemming from early initiatives on the Blow-down Compressor Experiment and on transonic three-dimensional CFD is reviewed from the viewpoint of the consequences ...

Abstract: The structure and behavior of wakes from a transonic compressor rotor and their effect on the loading and performance of the downstream stator have been investigated experimentally. The rotor ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation was conducted on the internal flowfield of a simulated smooth-wall turbine blade cooling passage. The square cross-sectioned passage was manufactured from quartz for ...

Abstract: A new paradigm for gas turbine design is treated, in which major elements of the hot section flow path are cooled by vaporization of a suitable two-phase coolant. This enables the blades to ...

Abstract: The stagnation temperature profiles which have been observed recently downstream of the stators in high Mach number compressor stages are shown to be due to transport of the rotor wakes across ...

Abstract: A Blowdown Compressor Test Facility has been developed which allows time resolved aerodynamic testing of full-scale transonic compressor rotors at low cost. The rotor is brought to speed in ...