Multi-passage diffuser with reactivated boundary layer

A diffuser is disclosed that includes a splitter having a blunt forebody useful in re-starting a boundary layer. The blunt forebody can be used to create a static pressure bow wave and interaction with a passing fluid stream that reduces a thickness of boundary layer formed on an opposing wall. The...

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Hauptverfasser:	Determan Jacob E, Graves Charles B, Bloom Stuart M, Wicksall Donald M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION PROCESSES GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A diffuser is disclosed that includes a splitter having a blunt forebody useful in re-starting a boundary layer. The blunt forebody can be used to create a static pressure bow wave and interaction with a passing fluid stream that reduces a thickness of boundary layer formed on an opposing wall. The re-start in boundary layer can be used in a way that allows an upstream portion of the diffuser to be sized approaching a separation limit and a downstream portion of the diffuser to also be sized approaching a separation limit. In some forms the passages split by the blunt forebody can be sized relative to each other to balance flow between the branches.