Towards an Agreement Between the Numerical Simulations and the Experimental Data Obtained in a Transonic Linear Turbine Blade Cascade for Flutter Testing

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Issue		MATEC Web Conf. Volume 412, 2025 42^nd. Annual Conference “Meeting of the Departments of Fluid Mechanics and Thermomechanics” in the connection with XXIV. International Scientific Conference “The Application of Experimental and Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Energy” (42^nd. MDFMT & XXIV. AENMMTE-2025)


Article Number		02006
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Modelling and Simulation in Fluid Mechanics and Energy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202541202006
Published online		05 September 2025

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