The Effect of Angle of Incidence and Reynolds Number on Heat Transfer in a Linear Turbine Cascade
Abstract
The AFIT linear Turbine Cascade Test Facility was used to study the effect of the small changes in the angle of incidence on turbine blade convective heat transfer. Other parameters studied were the model Reynolds number and the freestream turbulence level. Characterization tests, performed to determine the feasibility of the study were followed by a series of tests designed to separate the effects of the angle of incidence, Reynolds number, and freestream turbulence level on convective heat transfer. For any given freestream turbulence level or angle of incidence, there is an increase in the heat transfer coefficient for an increase in the Reynolds number. For the low freestream turbulence (0.5%) configuration at a given Reynolds number, there is a decrease in the convective heat transfer coefficient with an increase in the angle of incidence, partially a result of the decrease in the cascade passage velocity and partially a result of the variation in boundary layer behavior. For the high freestream turbulence configuration (10%) at any Reynolds number, there is an obvious increase in the convective heat transfer coefficient over that for the low turbulence configuration; however, the transitional or fully turbulent boundary layer makes it difficult to observe any relation between the convective heat transfer coefficient and the angle of incidence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA243900
Entities
People
- Steven Meschwitz
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology