Abstract: The amplitude and phase of a topographically forced wave in a baroclinic flow are studied both experimentally and theoretically. The experiments were conducted in a thermally driven fluid in a rotating annulus with two-wave ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the hindcasting of interdecadal climate events using an ocean circulation model driven by different combinations of time-varying surface flux, sea surface temperature (SST), and sea surface salinity ...

Abstract: Improving the sealing performance of labyrinth seal is beneficial in reducing the loss of downstream components as well as improving the aero-engines' efficiency. Meanwhile, the optimization of labyrinth seal is more ...

Abstract: A series of laboratory experiments was performed in a thermally-driven rotating annulus of fluid with and without two-wave bottom topography. Velocity measurements were made by illuminating a thin layer of fluid at mid-depth ...

Abstract: Under the influence of secondary flow, the film cooling deviates from the flow direction on the turbine blade, which directly results in undesirable uneven film coverage. On the pressure side, the film appears divergent, ...

Abstract: As an advanced sealing technology, the application of gas face seal in aero-engine is few; if possible, lower specific fuel consumption, higher thrust-weight ratio, and effective secondary flow control at minimal cost would ...

Abstract: Complex principal component analysis is applied to data from three laboratory experiments of flow over two-wave sinusoidal bottom topography in a thermally driven, rotating annulus of fluid. The experiments are conducted ...

Abstract: Being an important component of aero-engines, the labyrinth seal has always been the focus of research for leakage characteristics. Rotation is usually neglected or taken for minimal effect on seal leakage in previous ...