Heat transfer and flow on the first-stage blade tip of a power generation gas turbine: Part 1-experimental results

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-271

  Bunker, Ronald S ^a   Bailey, Jeremy C ^a   Ameri, Ali A ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AYT Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

POWER GENERATION GAS TURBINE;

GAS TURBINES;

BLADE; GAS TURBINE; HEAT TRANSFER; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 0034177870     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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