Heat Transfer in Turbines

Abstract

This report summarizes the studies in heat transfer and film cooling effectiveness performed under Contract F33615-76-C-2018. The purpose of these experimental and theoretical studies is to develop an indepth understanding of heat transfer and film cooling in gas turbines. A common experimental procedure is described for heat transfer measurements under isothermal wall conditions using fast response heat transfer gauges in tests conducted in a shock tunnel and a blowdown facility. The tests were conducted at flow and thermodynamic conditions modeling the operating conditions of advanced gas turbines. The configuration under study were single slot, single line of holes, double row of holes on a flat and curved plates, and double lines on an airfoil located in a cascade. The experimental technique was validated by long duration high temperature tests of an air cooled flat plate. Also described is an analytical study of the thermal and fluid mechanical evolution of a cooling film injected from a single line of inclined holes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111584

Entities

People

  • Jean F. Louis

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Gas Turbines
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • High Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Static Pressure
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines
  • Turbulent Diffusion
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.