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A Rapid Method for Calculating the “Off-Design” Performance of Compressors and Turbines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. H. Horlock
J. H. Horlock*
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University Engineering Laboratory, Cambridge *
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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.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1958 , pp. 346 - 360
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1958

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