In the present study, the full-coverage film cooling characteristics of the fan-shaped holes
with a constant lateral width at the exits are investigated under a wide range of blowing ratio …

The design of modern gas turbines cooling systems cannot be separated from the use of
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the accurate estimation of the effect of film cooling …

Over the course of the years, several turbulence models specifically developed to improve
the predicting capabilities of conventional two-equations Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes …

The complex structures in the flow field of gas turbine film cooling increase the anisotropy of
turbulence making it difficult to accurately compute turbulent eddy viscosity and scalar …

The complex structures in the flow field of gas turbine film cooling increase the anisotropy of
turbulence making it difficult to accurately compute turbulent eddy viscosity and scalar …

The adoption of lean burn combustion to limit NOx emissions of modern aero-engines
imposes a drastic reduction of air dedicated to cooling combustor dome and liners. In the …

Fan-shaped holes are widely used to provide better cooling performance than cylindrical
holes over a large range of different operating conditions. Main advantages of such solution …

In order to study the effusion cooling mechanism of fan-shaped holes with a constant exit
width, numerical simulations and the corresponding experimental verifications are carried …

Effusion cooling technology has been assessed in past years as one of the most efficient
methods to maintain allowable working temperature of combustor liners. Despite many …

CFD is nowadays an indispensable tool for the design and analysis of high performance
turbomachinery. In the community, the commercial codes play a major role, offering specific …