Test of a Supersonic Compressor Cascade. Volume I.

Abstract

The report describes in detail the experimental investigation of a stationary, linear, supersonic compressor blade cascade. The cascade incorporated contoured sidewalls to control the change in stream-tube area in the quasi-axial direction. The blades had a constant spanwise geometry. The selected blade element was from a recent compressor configuration resulting from the Aerospace Research Laboratories supersonic axial compressor research program. The investigation covered a range of inlet relative Mach numbers of 1.40 - 1.50 and a range of static pressure ratios of approximately 1.5 - 2.1. Volume I describes the cascade design, instrumentation, data reduction techniques, test results, and correlation of results with design characteristics. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756870

Entities

People

  • G. David Huffman
  • George T. Sinnet
  • Robert B. Mcclure
  • Robert L. Holtman

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressor Blades
  • Compressors
  • Data Reduction
  • Geometry
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Static Pressure
  • Stationary

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster