Compressor Incorporating Splitters

Abstract: A compressor apparatus includes: an inner flowpath surface; an outer flowpath surface; an array of stator airfoils extending between the inner and outer flowpath surfaces; and an array of airfoil-shaped splitter vanes extending from at least one of the inner and outer flowpath surfaces, the splitter vanes alternating with the stator airfoils, wherein at least one of a chord dimension of the splitter vanes at the roots thereof and a span dimension of the splitter vanes is less than a corresponding dimension of the stator airfoils.

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