Film cooling is widely used to protect modern gas turbine blades and vanes from the ever
increasing inlet temperatures. Film cooling involves a very complex turbulent flow-field, the …

Gas turbines are used for aircraft propulsion and land-based power generation or industrial
applications. Thermal efficiency and power output of gas turbines increase with increasing …

Gas turbines have been extensively used for aircraft engine propulsion, land-based power
generation, and industrial applications. Power output and thermal efficiency of gas turbines …

Film-cooling technology is used in high-temperature components of gas turbines to extend
their service lives. Hot-gas path components are susceptible to damage or failure in the …

Adiabatic film-cooling effectiveness is examined on a high-pressure turbine blade by varying
three critical engine parameters, viz., coolant blowing ratio, coolant-to-mainstream density …

The combined effects of inlet purge flow and the slashface leakage flow on the film cooling
effectiveness of a turbine blade platform were studied using the pressure-sensitive paint …

This paper presents a numerical investigation on the influence of purge flow on endwall flow
and heat transfer characteristics of a gas turbine blade. Upon the numerical validation with …

Design of cooling systems for rotor platforms is critical due to the complex flow field and heat
transfer phenomena related to the secondary flow structures originating at the blade leading …

Researchers in gas turbine field take great interest in the cooling performance on the first-
stage vane because of the complex flow characteristics and intensive heat load that comes …

Detailed characteristics of film cooling from discrete injection and purge flow, and associated
coolant injection patterns are presented over a turbine endwall for wide engine …