The measurement of full-surface internal heat transfer coefficients for turbine airfoils using a nondestructive thermal inertia technique

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Nirmalan, Nirm V ^a   Bunker, Ronald S ^a   Hedlund, Carl R ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

THERMAL TRANSIENTS;

TURBINES;

AEROFOIL; COOLING SYSTEM; GAS TURBINE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0037852097     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1515798     Document Type: Article

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