Validation and analysis of numerical results for a varying aspect ratio two-pass internal cooling channel

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Shevchuk, Igor V ^a   Jenkins, Sean C ^a   Weigand, Bernhard ^a   Von Wolfersdorf, Jens ^a   Neumann, Sven Olaf ^a   Schnieder, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bend; efficiency; heat transfer; ribs; two pass channel

Indexed keywords

BEND; COOLING CHANNELS; DEAN VORTEX; FLOW PHYSICS; HEAT TRANSFER DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; INLET CHANNELS; INTERNAL COOLING; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; NUMERICAL DOMAINS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRESSURE LOSS; RIBS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TWO-PASS CHANNEL; WALL DISTANCES;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 79551660015     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003080     Document Type: Article

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36. Elfert, M., Jarius, M. P., and Weigand, B., 2004, "Detailed Flow Investigation Using PIV in a Typical Turbine Cooling Geometry With Ribbed Walls," Vienna, June 14-17, ASME, New York, Vol. 3, pp. 533-545.
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43. Viswanathan, A. K., and Tafti, D. K., 2007, "Investigation of Detached Eddy Simulations in Capturing the Effects of Coriolis Forces and Centrifugal Buoyancy in Ribbed Ducts," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 129(7), pp. 778-789.
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