Axial Compressor Rotor Incorporating Splitter Blades

Abstract: AXIAL COMPRESSOR ROTOR INCORPORATING SPLITTER BLADES ABSTRACT A compressor apparatus includes: a rotor having: a disk mounted for rotation about a centerline axis, an outer periphery of the disk defining a flowpath surface; an array of airfoil-shaped axial-flow compressor blades extending radially outward from the flowpath surface, wherein the compressor blades each have a root, a tip, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, wherein the compressor blades have a chord dimension and are spaced apart by a circumferential spacing, the ratio of the chord to the circumferential spacing defining a blade solidity parameter; and an array of airfoil-shaped splitter blades alternating with the compressor blades, wherein the splitter blades each have a root, a tip, a leading edge, and a trailing edge; wherein at least one of a chord dimension of the splitter blades at the roots thereof and a span dimension of the splitter blades is less than the corresponding dimension of the compressor blades. Fig.1

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