Abstract: The goal of this study was to determine how showerhead blowing on a turbine vane leading edge affects of the performance of film cooling jets farther downstream. An emphasis was placed on ...

Abstract: This study focused on the film cooling performance on the pressure side of a turbine vane subjected to high mainstream turbulence levels, with and without showerhead blowing. Whereas previous ...

Abstract: To develop quality computational codes for the film cooling of a turbine vane, a detailed understanding is needed of the physical mechanisms of the mainstream-coolant interactions. In this study ...

Abstract: The methodology for hydrodynamic characterization of a very large water tunnel is described. Results are presented for the U. S. Navy William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel in Memphis, ...

Abstract: An experimental study was conducted to investigate the film cooling performance on the suction side of a first-stage turbine vane. Tests were conducted on a nine times scale vane model at ...

Abstract: The showerhead region of a film-cooled turbine vane in a gas turbine engine involves a complex interaction between mainstream flow and coolant jets. This flow field was studied using three ...