Index
327
Optimum reaction, axial
turbines, 70-1
Pitch/chord ratio selection
axial compressor, 93, 99
axial fan, 103
mixed-flow fan, 198
open propeller, 218
Power-law vortex
axial fan, 140
ducted propeller, 229-33
Profile (blade)
construction, 33, 291,311-15
base profiles, 33-4, 291,301-3
Propeller (ducted)
detailed losses, 226-36
downstream jet velocity, 221
propeller plane velocity, 220,
222, 224
propulsive power and
efficiency, 221-2
thrust coefficient, 221
thrust ratio, 220
wake kinetic energy losses Ew,
221
Propeller frictional loss, 226,
231-3
Propeller (open)
actuator disc model, 213
downstream jet velocity, 212,
215
duty coefficients ~b, ~k, 216
pitch/chord ratio, 218
propulsive thrust, power and
efficiency, 213-14
thrust coefficient, 214, 216-17
velocity triangles, 215-16
wake kinetic energy losses Ew,
214
Propulsive efficiency
ducted propeller, 221-2, 226,
242
open propeller, 214-15
Propulsive power
ducted propeller, 221
open propeller, 214
Pump jet, 218-19
PVD method, 35-7
Radial cascades, 199-200
Radial equilibrium
analysis, 112-24
direct problem, 114, 118-24
downstream of a rotor, 121-4
downstream of a stator,
119-20
inverse problem, 114-18
radial equilibrium equation,
113-14, 149
Radial momentum equation, 149
Radial turbomachines, 179-210
Reaction
arbitrary reaction axial
compressor, 95-9
arbitrary reaction axial
turbine, 68--72
axial fans, 102
axial turbine, 51
50% reaction axial
compressor, 85-95
50% reaction axial turbine,
55-60
variation with radius, axial
fans, 109-10
variation with radius, axial
turbine, 72-5
RE-ANAL.PAS (PC source code
on disc), 124
RE-DES.PAS (PC source code
on disc), 117-19, 124
Relative eddy, 184, 200-3
Reynolds number
axial compressors, 87-8
axial turbine stator and rotor,
53
machine Reynolds number,
14-15, 52, 87, 188
mixed-flow fan, 188
Rothalpy, 185-7
Selection of pumps and fans,
15-20, 180-1
Shock-free inflow, 37-8, 264-5
axial compressor blade rows,
99-101,299-301
Shut-off head, centrifugal
impellers, 205-8
SI units, 12
Slip factors
Busemann analysis 202, 205-6
definition, 201, 203
Lewis & Fisher analysis, 202,
206, 209
shut-off head slip factor, 204-5
Stanitz analysis, 202
Stodola analysis, 208-9
Slip flow, 184, 201,203, 208
Slipstream contraction,
propulsor, 212-18
Smeared actuator discs, 178
Smith charts
axial compressors, 90, 102
axial turbines, 62, 279
Smoke-ring vorticity, 154-8
Soderberg's loss correlation,
66-8, 72, 75, 79
Solid body swirl, 114
Specific speed and diameter, 15,
18-20, 180-1
Specific work, origins of, 182-4
Speed of sound, 51
STACK (PC executable code on
disc), 245, 265
user instructions, Appendix
III, 309-19
Stage losses
axial compressor, 88-9, 98
axial turbine, 55, 65, 70-71,
79-80
Stagger
axial cascade, 25, 38, 46
mixed-flow cascade, 198
Stagnation enthalpy, 6
Stagnation point, 31, 38
Stagnation pressure, 6, 26
losses, 55
rise in fans and compressors,
89, 109
Stall and stall margin, 40
Steady flow energy equation, 6,
7, 29
Stokes
equation, 152
stream function, 150
Streamline efficiency, 75-6
mass weighted, 76
Streamwise vorticity, 154-8
Sub-layer, 247
Surface pressure coefficient, 30
Surface vorticity model, 246-53
aerofoils, 255-60
axisymmetric flow, 265-9
cascades, 260-5
ducted propellers, 270-4
plane two-dimensional flow
246-55
Swept back impellers, 203-8
Swirl kinetic energy loss, ducted
propulsor, 226-31
S1, $2 Wu surfaces, 22, 24
Tangential vorticity in
axisymmetric flow, 149, 151,
153-6
Thrust, thrust coefficient
ducted propeller, 220-1
open propeller, 213-14, 217
Thrust ratio, ducted propellers,
220
Tip leakage losses, 226, 234-6
Torque coefficient, ducted
propellers, 227
Total-to-total efficiency
axial compressor, 86, 88-9, 98
axial fans, 103
axial turbines, 50, 52, 54--5
mixed-flow fans, 188-9
prediction for axial turbines,
64, 68, 70, 72, 75
zero interstage swirl turbines,
78
Transformation of mixed-flow
cascade to straight cascade,
196-200