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In axial flow compressors the role of a stator is to gradually change the direction of flow to exchange some of the kinetic energy of the flow into pressure. Therefore it stands to reason that they do not require an airfoil shape, since they're not accelerating the air, unlike the rotor blade. So, are stator blades just curved plates without camber?

Francis L.
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As @alephzero commented , the stator vanes look just like rotor blades. Both for gas turbine compressors and air compressors. Of coarse attachments and foil shapes are different.And so are the stator vanes in the turbine hot section and a steam turbine .

blacksmith37
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