Simulations of Turbine Cooling Flows Using a Multiblock-Multigrid Scheme
- Author
- Steinthorsson, Erlendur
- Published
- Oct. 1996.
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- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Rigby, David L. and Ameri, Ali A.
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- Results from numerical simulations of air flow and heat transfer in a 'branched duct' geometry are presented. The geometry contains features, including pins and a partition, as are found in coolant passages of turbine blades. The simulations were performed using a multi-block structured grid system and a finite volume discretization of the governing equations (the compressible Navier-Stokes equations). The effects of turbulence on the mean flow and heat transfer were modeled using the Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. The computed results are compared to experimental data. It was found that the extent of some regions of high heat transfer was somewhat under predicted. It is conjectured that the underlying reason is the local nature of the turbulence model which cannot account for upstream influence on the turbulence field. In general, however, the comparison with the experimental data is favorable.
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- Note
- Document ID: 19970007342.
Accession ID: 97N14079.
NASA-CR-198539.
ICOMP-96-7.
NAS 1.26:198539.
AIAA Paper 96-0621.
E-10488.
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit; 15-18 Jan. 1996; Reno, NV; United States. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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