Curvature Effects on Film Cooling With Injection Through Two Rows of Holes
Abstract
The adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on convex and concave curved surfaces (as a model for suction and pressure side film cooling of gas turbine blades) with two staggered rows of injection holes are investigated by using a mass transfer technique. Additionally measurements on a flat plate are made for comparison. Two different radii of curvature (R/D = plus or minus 60, plus or minus 120) and two streamwise distances of the rows (12D and 24D) with film cooling holes inclined at 40 degrees are considered. The blowing rates are varied in a wide range from 0.25 to 2.0 and the main stream Reynolds numbers (Re(sub D)) between 10000 and 50000. At low and moderate blowing rates the effectiveness is enhanced on convex and reduced on concave curved surfaces compared to results obtained on the flat surface. At high blowing rates the effectiveness is not greatly influenced by surface curvature. The effect of curvature was found to be negligible between the two rows and reduced downstream of the second row compared to results described in the literature for single row injection.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA419357
Entities
People
- D. K. Hennecke
- K. Jung
Organizations
- Technical University of Darmstadt