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Comparison Of Square-Hole And Round-Hole Film Cooling: A Computational Study, Michael Glenn Durham
Comparison Of Square-Hole And Round-Hole Film Cooling: A Computational Study, Michael Glenn Durham
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Film cooling is a method used to protect surfaces exposed to high-temperature flows such as those that exist in gas turbines. It involves the injection of secondary fluid (at a lower temperature than that of the main flow) that covers the surface to be protected. This injection is through holes that can have various shapes; simple shapes such as those with a straight circular (by drilling) or straight square (by EDM) cross-section are relatively easy and inexpensive to create. Immediately downstream of the exit of a film cooling hole, a so-called horseshoe vortex structure consisting of a pair of counter-rotating …