Research Article

Investigation of Performance and Rotor Tip Flow Field in a Low Speed Research Compressor with Circumferential Groove Casing Treatment at Varying Tip Clearance

Table 2

Stalling flow coefficients and percentage reduction of stall mass flow for each configuration.

Configuration

1.2% SolidWall 0.388 0%
Groove 0.387
2.5% SolidWall 0.410 5.1%
Groove 0.389
3.7% SolidWall 0.435 6.9%
Groove 0.405
5.0% SolidWall 0.432 3.0%
Groove 0.419