The overall load distribution of the front blade (FB) and rear blade (RB) is a main factor affecting the tandem cascade performance, and camber ratio () and chord ratio () are the key configuration parameters related to the load distribution. To supplement the principle of tandem cascade design, the current paper systematically studies the influence mechanisms of and on the flow characteristics. It is found that larger or smaller can improve the flow behavior of FB so that get a better performance at positive incidence angle, while it will deteriorate that at negative incidence angle. In fact, different or cause the change in surface curvature , which is considered to have a significant impact on the flow behavior. Therefore, this paper proposes mean curvature ratio () to replace for its better control effect on the performance at various incidence, and a general design criterion is obtained based on a large amount of tandem cascades with different configurations. The results show that between two and four can balance the performance comprehensively at various conditions, and larger or smaller can achieve better performance at highly loaded condition, while that is opposite for lower load.
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