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Negative / Null Result Report· cited by 3

Step Clearance Seals: An Analysis to Demonstrate Their Unique Performance

Xueliang Lu; Luis San Andrés · 2018 · Journal of Tribology

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Abstract (excerpt)

Hydraulic turbines and centrifugal pumps at times show low frequency vibrations when installed with upstream step (band) clearance seals with a narrow clearance facing the incoming external flow. When implementing a downstream step…

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Metadata source: Crossref · DOI 10.1115/1.4041719