A NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF WINDBACK SEALS

Windback seals work similarly to labyrinth seals except for the effect of helical groove. These seals are essentially a tooth on stator or tooth on rotor labyrinth seal where the grooves are a continuous helical cut like a thread. Windback seals are used in centrifugal gas compressor to keep oil out...

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Main Author: Lim, Chae H.
Other Authors: Morrison, Gerald L.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-506
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-506