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Performance Evaluation of the Tandem C4 Blades for Axial-Flow Compressors

Received: 5 October 2014     Accepted: 10 October 2014     Published: 17 October 2014
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Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study the aerodynamic performance of a tandem C4 base-profile compressor blade using numerical tools. In this paper, the flow along the tandem blade is studied for various relative blade positions. In all the studied cases, the front blade is fixed and the position of the rear blade is varied as a function of the axial and tangential displacements. A computer code was developed in "Visual Basic" using linear strength vortex-panel method to predict the aerodynamic performance of the tandem blade.

Published in American Journal of Aerospace Engineering (Volume 2, Issue 1-1)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Hands-on Learning Technique for Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

DOI 10.11648/j.ajae.s.2015020101.17
Page(s) 74-92
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Keywords

Tandem Blades, Linear Strength Vortex Panel Method, Rotor, Stator, Axial-Compressor

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    Atef Mohamed Alm-Eldien, Ahmed Farouk Abdel Gawad, Gamal Hafaz, Mohamed Gaber Abd El Kreim. (2014). Performance Evaluation of the Tandem C4 Blades for Axial-Flow Compressors. American Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2(1-1), 74-92. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajae.s.2015020101.17

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    Atef Mohamed Alm-Eldien, Ahmed Farouk Abdel Gawad, Gamal Hafaz, Mohamed Gaber Abd El Kreim. Performance Evaluation of the Tandem C4 Blades for Axial-Flow Compressors. Am J Aerosp Eng. 2014;2(1-1):74-92. doi: 10.11648/j.ajae.s.2015020101.17

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Author Information
  • Mech. Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

  • Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics, Mech. Eng. Dept., Umm Al-Qura Univ., Makkah, Saudi Arabia

  • Mech. Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

  • Gas Turbine Maintenance Engineer, East Delta Electricity Production Company, Ismailia, Egypt

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