The present study focuses on local heat transfer characteristics on the tip and near-tip regions of a turbine blade with a flat tip, tested under transonic conditions in a stationary, 2-D linear cascade consisting of seven ...

The topic of heat transfer is traditionally taught as an upper level, lecture-style course to mechanical engineering students. Such courses do not provide students with ways to see and feel the important heat transfer ...

Conventional understanding of quality of energy suggests that heat is a low grade form of energy. Hence converting this energy into useful form of work was assumed difficult. However, this understanding was challenged by ...

One emerging application of additive manufacturing is building parts with embedded electronics, but the thermal management of these assemblies is a potential issue. Electrical components have efficiency losses, and a ...

<p>Experimental heat transfer data has been collected at engine representative conditions in this work to use in future work to improve computational models. Tests were carried out in a transonic cascade wind tunnel with ...

An experimental study was performed to measure surface Nusselt number and film cooling effectiveness on a film cooled first stage nozzle guide vane using a transient thin film gauge (TFG) technique. The information presented ...

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are currently a topic of interest in the field of energy harvesting for automobiles. In applying TEGs to the outside of the exhaust tailpipe of a vehicle, the difference in temperature ...

Design of internal cooling channels for gas turbine blade is critical to system performance. To achieve maximum efficiency, i.e. maximum cooling with minimum coolant usage, intensive research is required to optimize heat ...

For the past several years there has been great effort in the analysis of internal duct cooling. The steady increase in power output and thermal efficiency requirements for gas turbine engines has called for significant ...

This thesis presents the analysis of flow and heat transfer for the SPND (Self-Powered Neutron Detector) system used within the nuclear reactor core in the U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor developed by AREVA. The SPND ...