...Simon J. Gallimore; John J. Bolger; Nicholas A. Cumpsty, Mem. ASME; Mark J. Taylor; Peter I. Wright; James M. M. Place This paper describes the introduction of 3-D blade designs into the core compressors for the Rolls-Royce Trent engine with particular emphasis on the use of sweep and dihedral...

... and dihedral in the rotor designs. It follows the development of the basic ideas in a university research project, through multistage low-speed model testing, to their application to the high pressure engine compressor. An essential element of the project was the use of multistage CFD and some...