Turbine Aerothermal Research

Abstract

This in-house task was funded under AFOSR ILIR grants 92PR07COR and 02PR02COR. This task and its predecessors have been in continual operation since 1985 and have covered a broad range of topics relating to the aerodynamics and thermodynamics of the turbine module of gas turbine engines. The work initially focused on the effects of very high turbulence freestream flows on the development of the boundary layers of the turbine component, with particular attention to the effect on heat transfer. It has also pursued techniques for the control of airfoil boundary layers and cooling flows and the development of advanced techniques for the measurement and study of these flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565847

Entities

People

  • Richard Rivir
  • Rolf Sondergaard
  • Shichuan Ou

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Turbines
  • Generators
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines
  • Turbomachinery
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design