24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-6.2.1

THE IMPACT OF FORWARD SWEEP ON TIP CLEARANCE FLOWS IN TRANSONIC COMPRESSORS

A. R. Wadia, C. Hah*, D. Rabe**
GE Aircraft Engines; *NASA Glenn Research Center; **Wright Labs, USAF, USA

Keywords: transonic, compressors, forward-sweep, clearance flows

The paper presents an analytical study of tip clearance flows in transonic compressor rotors using a 3D Navier Stokes solver. The code was exercised to examine a radial and a forward swept rotor configuration at multiple rotor clearance levels.

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