Experimental Investigation of Turbine Endwall Heat Transfer. Volume I. Description of Experimental Hardware and Test Conditions.
Abstract
Two turbine cascades were tested at simulated engine conditions to provide a data base of endwall heat transfer data. This data base is intended to be sufficiently complete to provide verification data for refined computational models developed to predict first-stage stator endwall heat transfer in advanced turbine engines. A linear, two-dimensional cascade provided the bulk of the data. This cascade provided data to separate the effects of exit Mach number, exit Reynolds number, inlet boundary layer thickness, gas-to-wall temperature ratio, inlet pressure gradients, and inlet temperature gradients. In addition, adiabatic wall temperature and inlet turbulence intensity data are available for this linear cascade runs. A computerized data base was generated. This data base, with its associated software management system, provides the user with relatively easy access to the vast amount of data generated. A full annular, three-dimensional cascade was used to acquire data for identifying the radial pressure gradient effects. Tests in the annular cascade were run over a wide range of exit Mach and Reynolds numbers and gas-to-wall temperature ratios, all at levels typical to advanced engines. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA110332
Entities
People
- E. R. Turner
- L. D. Hylton
- M. S. Mihelc
- R. E. York
Organizations
- General Motors