INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TURBO AND JET ENGINES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. 21, NO. 1, 2004

Passive Control of Underexpanded Jets

S. Elangovan and E.Rathakrishnan......................................................................................................................................... 1

Statistical Model of Casting Treatment Influence on Compressor Efficiency

Dr. Vitaliy Nezym..................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Laminar Forced Convection in Curved Channel with Vortex Structures

A.A. Avramenko, S.G. Kobzar, I.V. Shevchuk, A.V. Kuznetsov, B.I. Basok.................................................................. 19

A Coupled Aerothermoelastic Theory of Vibrating Blade-Fluid Interaction in Fully 3-D Transonic Rotor Flow

Gao-Lien Liu............................................................................................................................................................................. 29

A New Characteristics-Based Finite Difference Method for Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations

Wu Zhe-min, Li Hong, Liu Gao-lian...................................................................................................................................... 39

Influence of Degradation and Inlet Distortion on Gas Turbine Performance

P. Kotsiopoulos, S. Anastasiou, Th.I.Lekas, A. Kottarakos, A.S. Haslam, P. Pilidis.................................................... 47

Parallel Thermoelasticity Optimization of 3-D Serpentine Cooling Passages In Turbine Blades

Brian H. Dennis, Igor N. Yegorov-Egorov, Helmut Sobieczky, George S. Dulikravich

and Shinobu Yoshimura......................................................................................................................................................... 57