Abstract: The paper presents several results from an experimental data base on transitional boundary layers developing on a flat plate installed within a variable area opening endwall channel. Measurements have been carried out by ...

Abstract: In this work, streamwise oriented riblets were installed on a flat plate exposed to an adverse pressure gradient typical of low-pressure turbine (LPT) blade and, successively, on the suction side of an LPT cascade operating ...

Abstract: This paper presents the experimental and numerical evaluation and comparison of the different flow fields downstream of a turbine center frame duct and a low-pressure turbine (LPT) stage, generated by varying the inlet ...

Abstract: Experimental data describing laminar separation bubbles developing under strong adverse pressure gradients, typical of ultra-high-lift turbine blades, have been analyzed to define empirical correlations able to predict the ...

Abstract: This paper presents the unsteady flow interactions between an engine-representative high-pressure turbine (HPT) and low-pressure turbine (LPT) stage, connected by a turbine center frame (TCF) duct with nonturning struts. ...