Instability in rotating machinery reduced. Ring of ribs fastened to existing stator in turbopump pressure-seal inlet. Ribs suppress swirl in flow entering seal. Rib concept offers relatively inexpensive solution to some lateral-instability problems in many other systems with rotating pressure seals.
Antivortex Inlet Ribs for Fluid-Seals
NASA Tech Briefs ; 8 , 1
1984-04-01
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A Novel Antivortex Turbine Film-Cooling Hole Concept
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