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Design and tests of a six-stage axial-flow compressor having a tip speed of 550 feet per second and a flat operating characteristic at constant speed

dc.contributor.authorMaynard, John W. Jren
dc.contributor.departmentAeronautical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-26T19:22:23Zen
dc.date.available2018-03-26T19:22:23Zen
dc.date.issued1958en
dc.description.abstractA six-stage axial-flow compressor with a 550 feet per second tip speed and a flat operating characteristic (constant stagnation-pressure ratio at constant speed over the operating range of the compressor) was designed and tested. The design theory and test results are presented in this thesis. It was designed for a constant power input per pound of flow regardless of mass flow. The design specific weight flow was 21.1 pounds per second per square foot of frontal area with an atmospheric discharge at an overall stagnation-pressure ratio of 3.25 and an inlet hub-tip radius ratio of 0.7. In order to reach design conditions the blade setting angles were reset and the machining notches at the root of the first three rotor blades were filled. In an attempt to increase the flat operating range of the compressor, the blade setting angles of the first two stages were increased and those of the last two stages were decreased. Also, the solidity of the first rotor was decreased.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent91 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/82620en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 26596351en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1958.M396en
dc.subject.lcshAxial flow compressorsen
dc.titleDesign and tests of a six-stage axial-flow compressor having a tip speed of 550 feet per second and a flat operating characteristic at constant speeden
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAeronautical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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