Abstract: The desire to improve gas turbines has led to a significant body of research concerning film cooling optimization. The open literature contains many studies considering the impact on film cooling performance of both ...

Abstract: A common requirement for turbomachinery testing facilities is the ability to independently control Mach number and Reynolds number. In practice, this means independent control of the inlet total pressure and exit static ...

Abstract: The computational and experimental assessment of a lean-burn low-NOx combustor simulator for an engine component test facility is presented. The Engine Component Aero-Thermal (ECAT) facility is a full-scale engine-parts ...

Abstract: In this study we present detailed aerodynamic and thermal field measurements downstream of an annular cascade of fully-cooled nozzle guide vanes (NGVs). The experiments were conducted in the Engine Component Aerothermal ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new unconventional philosophy for high-pressure (HP) vane design. It is proposed that the most natural design starting point for admitting and accelerating flow with minimum loss and secondary flow ...