System and methods of assembling a supersonic compressor rotor including a radial flow channel

摘要

A supersonic compressor rotor includes a rotor disk (48) including a substantially cylindrical endwall (60), a radially inner surface (56), and a radially outer surface (58), the endwall extending between the radially inner surface and the radially outer surface, a plurality of vanes (46) coupled to the endwall, the vanes extending outwardly from the endwall, adjacent vanes forming a pair (74) and are spaced a circumferential distance apart such that a flow channel is defined between each the pair of circumferentially-adjacent vanes, the flow channel extending generally radially between an inlet opening (78) and an outlet opening (80), and a first supersonic compression ramp (102) coupled to the endwall, the first supersonic compression ramp positioned within the flow channel to facilitate forming at least one compression wave (102) within the flow channel.