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Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, 5e

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74 <strong>Fluid</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong>, <strong>Thermodynamics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Turbomachinery</strong><br />

FIG. 3.15. Compressor cascade blade surface velocity distribution.<br />

FIG. 3.16. Model variation in velocity in a plane normal to axial direction.<br />

(3.30)<br />

The Lieblein correlation, with his data points removed for clarity, is closely fitted by<br />

the mean curve in Figure 3.17. This curve represents the equation<br />

(3.31)<br />

which may be more convenient to use in calculating results. It will be noticed that for<br />

the limiting case when (q2/1) Æ•, the corresponding upper limit for the diffusion ratio

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