Abstract: A key problem in transonic compressor and fan design is that although a 3D description of the flow is necessary to correctly capture the shock, accounting for it during the sectional design is difficult because the key ...

Abstract: This paper describes a simple and efficient physics-based method for designing optimal transonic multistage compressor rotors. The key to this novel method is that the spanwise variation of the parameter which controls the ...

Abstract: Every supersonic fan or compressor blade row has a streamtube, the “sonic streamtube,” which operates with a blade relative inlet Mach number of one. A key parameter in the design of the “sonic streamtube” is the area ratio ...

Abstract: The potential for enhanced strength or stiffness arising from the microstructure of natural silty soils compared with their reconstituted state is examined using the framework for clays, to assess the extent to which it ...