Abstract: Under certain conditions, poor performance of a centrifugal compressor can be attributed to irregularities in the velocity distribution at the entrance of the diffuser which may be caused by ...

Abstract: Measurements were obtained of the mean velocity, Reynolds stress tensor components and spectral distribution of turbulent energy in a boundary layer that was adjusting spatially from a collateral ...

Abstract: The vorbix burner (acronym for Vortex Burning and Mixing) represents a new approach to a practical gas turbine combustor design. The concept exploits the Rayleigh instability of swirling flows ...

Abstract: The performance of a series of diffusers of various lengths, area ratios and cant angles was determined experimentally over a range of inlet flow swirl angles between axial and 48 degrees. ...