Two-Equation Thermal Model for Heat Transfer Predictions

Abstract

The very high temperature level reached in actual turbine components requires accurate simulation tools to predict the heat transfers. The turbine flow is very complex. it is dominated by high pressure gradients, three-dimensional viscous effects, and high heat fluxes. Moreover, the turbulence plays a major role in the heat transfer level. Very efficient turbulence models have been developed for the prediction of dynamic flows. Modelisation of thermal field is relatively inferior to the modelling of dynamic field. The current practice is to use assumption of constant turbulent Prandtl number. The objective of this work is to develop and assess thermal flux models for turbine aerothermal field prediction 1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419228

Entities

People

  • Nathalie Marciniak
  • Pascale Kulisa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Grids
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mach Number
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Turbines
  • Turbulent Diffusion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.