Research Article

Influence of Surface Roughness on a Highly Loaded Axial Compressor Stage Performance at Low Reynolds Number

Table 3

Roughness magnitudes on the rotor blade surfaces.

Case number (μm)Rough regime

100Aerodynamically smooth regime
21.05.6
33.316.1

47.332.4Transitionally rough regime
520.880.6
635.9129.0
746.6161.3
857.7193.5

975.1241.9Fully rough regime
10105.6322.6
11137.8403.2
12171.4483.9