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Numerical investigation of the bowed stator effects in a transonic fan at low Reynolds number

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The performance of fan stage in a small turbofan engines is significantly affected at high-altitude low Reynolds number. In order to examine the effect of low Reynolds number on the fan stage, 3D numerical simulation method was employed to analyse the performance variations and the underlying flow structure in the fan stage. For the sake of decreasing the influence of low Reynolds number, the different bowed stator airfoils were redesigned and the effect of the modified design was evaluated.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Light-duty Gas-turbine, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Enliang Huang, Shengfeng Zhao, Jianbo Gong, Xingen Lu & Junqiang Zhu

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Huang, E., Zhao, S., Gong, J. et al. Numerical investigation of the bowed stator effects in a transonic fan at low Reynolds number. J. Therm. Sci. 26, 25–29 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-017-0905-z

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