Abstract: Electric propulsors powered by Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) offer a net zero solution to aircraft propulsion. Heat generated by the PEMFCs can be transferred to atmospheric air via a liquid cooling system; ...

Abstract: The mainstream, or primary, flow in a gas turbine annulus is characteristically two-dimensional over the midspan region of the blading, where the radial flow is almost negligible. Contrastingly, the flow in the endwall and ...

Abstract: Purge flows are prevalent in modern gas turbine design, allowing for increased turbine entry temperatures. The purge flow passes through a rim seal and interacts with the mainstream flow, modifying the blade secondary flow ...

Abstract: This paper describes a new research facility which experimentally models hot gas ingestion into the wheelspace of an axial turbine stage. Measurements of the CO2 gas concentration in the rimseal region and inside the cavity ...

Abstract: This paper describes experimental results from a research facility which experimentally models hotgas ingress into the wheelspace of an axial turbine stage with an axialclearance rim seal. Thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) ...

Abstract: Part I of this twopart paper presented experimental results for externallyinduced (EI) ingress, where the ingestion of hot gas through the rim seal into the wheelspace of a gas turbine is controlled by the circumferential ...

Abstract: Heat transfer within the rotating compressor cavity of an aero-engine is predominantly governed by buoyancy, which can be characterized by the Grashof number. Unsteady and unstable buoyancy-induced flow structures influence ...

Abstract: The flow in the heated rotating cavity of an aero-engine compressor is driven by buoyancy forces, which result in pairs of cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices. The resultant cavity flow field is three-dimensional, unsteady, ...

Abstract: This paper describes experimental results from a research facility, which experimentally models hot gas ingress into the wheelspace of an axial turbine stage. Measurements of CO2 gas concentration in the rimseal region and ...

Abstract: This paper presents volumetric velocimetry (VV) measurements for a jet in crossflow that is representative of film cooling. VV employs particle tracking to nonintrusively extract all three components of velocity in a ...