28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-12.6.3

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE IMPINGEMENT STUDIES

E. L. Martin, L. M. Wright, D. C. Crites*
Baylor Univ., USA; *Honeywell Aerospace, USA

Keywords: gas turbine, impingement, heat transfer

Modern gas turbine engines commonly operate at temperatures above the melting point of the turbines blades and vanes. Jet impingement, an aggressive form of cooling, is typically used in the airfoil leading edge which is exposed to extreme heat loads.

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