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    Experimental Investigation of the aerothermal performance of a high blockage rib-roughened cooling channel

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    The present study deals with a detailed experimental investigation of the turbulent flow inside a rib-roughened turbine blade cooling channel. The measurements are carried out in a stationary straight channel with high blockage ribs installed on one wall. The main objective is to enhance the understanding and deepen the analysis of this complex flow field with the help of highly resolved particle image velocimetry measurements. A quasithree- dimensional view of the flow field is achieved, allowing the identification of the main time-averaged coherent structures. The combined analysis of the present aerodynamic results with available heat transfer data emphasizes the role of the mean and fluctuating flow features in the heat transfer process. In particular, the stream wise/ normal to the wall component of the Reynolds stress tensor is shown to be strictly related to the heat transfer rate on the channel surfaces. A correlation to estimate the heat transfer field from the aerodynamic data is presented for the high blockage rib roughened channel flow

    Combined heat transfer and flow field analysis in rib-roughened cooling passages for turbine blades

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    The present study deals with a detailed experimental investigation of the turbulent flow inside a rib-roughened turbine blade cooling channel. The measurements are carried out by means of a 2D PIV technique in a stationary straight channel with 10% blockage ribs installed on one wall. They constitute the necessary complement to the already available heat transfer data. The present aerodynamic results are compared with available data on a similar channel but with a blockage ratio of 30 %. The main objective is to deepen the analysis and enhance the understanding of this complex flow field, particularly with respect to the definition of a mean flow model and to its aero-thermal characteristics. More precisely, the stream-wise/normal to the wall component of the Reynolds stress tensor is shown to be closely related to the heat transfer rate on the channel surfaces. A correlation to estimate the heat transfer field from the aerodynamic data, previously obtained for the high blockage rib roughened channel flow, is validated for this 10% blockage configuration
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