Date of Award
Fall 12-2015
Access Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair
Mark Ricklick
First Committee Member
L.L. Narayanaswami
Second Committee Member
J. Gordon Leishman
Abstract
A numerical investigation for predicting the heat transfer effects of turbulence was conducted by making a scaled-up model of a section in a jet impingement channel. Different turbulence models were run and the results were compared to experimental data. Experimental comparisons were made for impingement channels between a baseline case, which is a rectangular array of jets of 20 rows and 3 jets per row, and different hole spacing configurations. The heat transfer was measured using Temperature Sensitive Paint. The turbulence model v²-f gave the most accurate prediction with an error of about 17% with the EB k-E, with an error of about 22% being the second most accurate. The configuration B gave comparatively better results among the different configurations, but was still about 20% lower than the baseline case, which appeared to have the highest cooling.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Upalkar, Bhushan, "An Investigation of Cooling Configurations in Gas Turbine Engines Using Jet Impingement" (2015). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 254.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/254
