A Rapid Method for Calculating the “Off-Design” Performance of Compressors and Turbines
- 1 November 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Aeronautical Quarterly
- Vol. 9 (4) , 346-360
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001925900010775
Abstract
Summary: A model for the calculation of the “off-design” performance of turbo-machines has been suggested by Mellor, who proposed that the machine be split into an infinite number of stages, each producing a small change in stagnation enthalpy. This note suggests that the overall performance of a machine may be obtained in an integral form which permits a rapid calculation of performance maps for rotational speeds and flow rates not greatly different from design values. The method may be of use in preliminary design studies of multi-stage compressors and turbines.Keywords
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