Abstract: When testing large fans in the field, it is often necessary to make measurements at locations where the distributions of gas velocity, pressure, and temperature are highly irregular. When this ...

Abstract: PTC 11 Committee, the ASME Performance Test Code Committee charged with producing a new test code for large industrial fans, has decided to present code users with two options for expressing ...

Abstract: The free shear layer downstream of a backstep immersed in a supersonic stream is analyzed. The effects of the initial boundary layer and the expansion at the step corner are taken into ...

Abstract: An investigation into the suitability of several types of velocity probes in current use for measurement of nonuniform flow in large ducts is described. An experimental duct was fabricated with ...