A computational study has been performed to predict the distribution of convective heat transfer coefficient on a simulated blade tip with cooling holes. The purpose of the examination was to assess the ability of a three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes solver to predict the rate of tip heat transfer and the distribution of cooling effectiveness. To this end, the simulation of tip clearance flow with blowing of Kim and Metzger was used. The agreement of the computed effectiveness with the data was quite good. The agreement with the heat transfer coefficient was not as good but improved away from the cooling holes. Numerical flow visualization showed that the uniformity of wetting of the surface by the film cooling jet is helped by the reverse flow due to edge separation of the main flow. Ameri, A. A. and Rigby, D. L. Glenn Research Center NASA/CR-1999-209165, NAS 1.26:209165, E-11756

Computations and experiments were run to study heat transfer and overall effectiveness for a simulated turbine blade leading edge. Computational predictions were run for a film cooled leading edge model using a conjugate numerical method to predict the normalized "metal" temperatures for the model. This computational study was done in conjunction with a parallel effort to experimentally determine normalized metal temperatures, i.e. overall effectiveness, using a specially designed high conductivity model. Predictions of overall effectiveness were higher than experimentally measured values in the stagnation region, but lower along the downstream section of the leading edge. Reasons for the differences between computational predictions and experimental measurements were examined. Also of interest was the validity of Taw as the driving temperature for heat transfer into the blade, and this was examined via computations. Overall, this assumption gave reasonable results except near the stagnation line. Experiments were also conducted on a leading edge with no film cooling to gain a better understanding of the additional cooling provided by film cooling. Heat flux was also measured and external and internal heat transfer coefficients were determined. The results showed roughly constant overall effectiveness on the external surface.

"Cooling gas turbine blades is a crucial technique to allow higher turbine inlet temperatures. A higher turbine inlet temperature allows boosting gas turbine efficiency, which reduces fuel consumption. One of the main cooling techniques of the turbine blades is film cooling where a relatively low air temperature is used to form a blanket of cool air around the blade to shield it from high temperature gases. Many complex interrelated geometry and flow parameters affect the effectiveness of the film cooling. The complex interrelations between these parameters are considered the main challenge in properly understanding the effect of these parameters on film cooling. Testing such cooling techniques under actual engine conditions is even more challenging due to difficulty of installing proper instrumentations. Numerical techniques are viable analysis techniques that are used to better understand film cooling techniques. In this study, a simplified 2D film cooling jet blown from the slot jet is investigated under multiple variable parameters, mainly, the blowing ratio, jet angle, density ratio and centrifugal force. The performance of the film cooling is reported using local and average adiabatic film effectiveness. The main contribution of this study is exploring the effect of the centrifugal force and wall material selection using conjugate heat transfer on film cooling effectiveness. The centrifugal force reduces the overall adiabatic film effectiveness. A correlation between the blowing ratio, density ratio and injection angle is developed in this work. The highest film cooling performance was founded at a blowing ratio of 0.8, an injection angle of 30° and density ratio of 1.2."--Abstract.