Comparison Between Predicted and Observed Performance of Gas-turbine Stator Blade Designed for Free-Vortex Flow

Merle C Huppert, C.A. Macgregor

University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 1949 · 11 citations · 0 references

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Report presenting a comparison between the calculated design performance of a gas-turbine stator blade and its performance in a sector of an annular cascade tunnel. The gas velocities on the blade surface were computed by the stress filament method and compared with experimental values, with which they agreed satisfactorily. Results regarding discharge angle, vane-surface-velocity distribution, tangential- and axial-velocity distribution, and radial-equilibrium consideration are provided.