Tip leakage reduction in small turbines for rocket applications

Dawn Aerospace is developing a small launch vehicle in the form of a spaceplane, which is powered by a turbopump driven rocket. To reach higher engine efficiency and save weight, there is a need for a small highly-power dense turbine. The efficiency of small turbines strongly depends on the tip gap sizes compared to the blade height. Existing...

Supersonic Axial & Radial Rotor Design for ORC Applications: Using Method of Characteristics

The growing environmental concerns has put a lot of political & ethical pressure on the conventional industrial practices. The research community is ever so eager to investigate new technologies that can offer an efficient and environmentally sound solution to the issues caused by the polluting industrial processes. One of the potential...