Optimizing the vane-endwall junction to reduce adiabatic wall temperatures in a turbine vane passage

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Gas Turbine Institute, Turbo Expo (Publication) IGTI

Volumn 5 A, Issue , 2003, Pages 711-721

  Lethander, Andrew T ^a   Thole, Karen A ^a   Zess, Gary ^b   Wagner, Joel ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION; SECONDARY FLOWS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION;

TURBINES;

EID: 0348226003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2003-38939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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