A new method to calculate the coolant requirements of a high-temperature gas turbine blade

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Torbidoni, Leonardo ^a   Horlock, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLANTS; COOLING; GAS TURBINES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; NOZZLES;

CONVECTIVE COOLING; COOLANT FLOW; COOLING EFFICIENCY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

GAS TURBINE;

EID: 16244405235     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1811100     Document Type: Article

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