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Pseudo-Radial Equilibrium in Flared Annuli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. H. Horlock*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Liverpool University
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Summary

A simple method of calculating the flow in turbo-machines with flared annuli is given. Approximate solutions are derived for the compressible swirling flow between the blade rows. Originally received February 1964.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1965

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