Efficiency and Drag of an Axial‐Flow Compressor Stage: The Connexion Between the Efficiency of a Stage, the Forces on the Blade Sections and the Profile Drag; the Relation Between Different Definitions of Efficiency, and the Effect of other Sources of Loss

Abstract

THE performance of an axial‐flow compressor is most easily analysed in terms of the characteristics of each stage, by which is meant each pair of blade rows. Usually one row rotates on a central shaft and the other is fixed to an outer casing.

Citation

Stephenson, J.M. (1953), "Efficiency and Drag of an Axial‐Flow Compressor Stage: The Connexion Between the Efficiency of a Stage, the Forces on the Blade Sections and the Profile Drag; the Relation Between Different Definitions of Efficiency, and the Effect of other Sources of Loss", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 158-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032298