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The Maximum Pressure Rise Attainable in Subsonic Diffusers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. S. Stratford
Affiliation:
Aero Engine Division, Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby
H. Tubbs
Affiliation:
Aero Engine Division, Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby

Summary

An analysis of experimental results shows that the maximum pressure rise attainable in a two-dimensional subsonic diffuser of length L correlates with the parameter L/δ0*, δ0* being the displacement thickness of the boundary layer at entry. The results agree well with boundary layer theory.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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