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Leo called an hour later. “Alina—the velocity triangle. I traced it. The inlet guide vanes are stuck at 15 degrees open, but the flow is only 40% of design. The relative velocity angle at rotor inlet is completely wrong. We’re getting positive incidence shock. And the NPSHa is 2 meters below NPSHr. Peng’s cavitation parameter worked—I calculated sigma = 0.08, below the critical 0.12.” In an age of video lectures and simulation
Outlining the initial procedures for sizing and geometric configuration. Ideal Performance: Analyzing theoretical characteristics without losses. Actual Performance: “Alina—the velocity triangle