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Struggles Of The ‘Father’, Aimee Dechambeau
Struggles Of The ‘Father’, Aimee Dechambeau
Aimée L. deChambeau
Biographical account of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, the father of Soviet cosmonautics.
A Method For Thermodynamic Work Potential Analysis Of Aircraft Engines, Robert Mcdonald
A Method For Thermodynamic Work Potential Analysis Of Aircraft Engines, Robert Mcdonald
Robert A. McDonald
The objective of this paper is to provide a tool to facilitate the application of thermodynamic work potential methods to aircraft and engine analysis. This starts with a discussion of the theoretical background underlying these methods, which is then used to derive various equations useful for thermodynamic analysis of aircraft engines. The work potential analysis method is implemented in the form of a set of working charts and tables than can be used to graphically evaluate work potential stored in high-enthalpy gas. The range of validity for these charts is 300 to 36,000 °R, pressures between 0.01 and 100 atm, …
A Time-Resolved Method For Nonlinear Acoustic Measurement, Stephen D. Holland
A Time-Resolved Method For Nonlinear Acoustic Measurement, Stephen D. Holland
Stephen D. Holland
We describe a time-resolved method for measuring nonlinear ultrasonic phenomena. Conventional approaches to the measurement of nonlinear phenomena utilize narrowband measurements of harmonic generation. These measurements are fundamentally narrowband and hence have poor time resolution. In contrast, our method utilizes a series of narrowband bursts that can be combined to form a composite time-resolved broadband impulse. Simultaneous time resolution and harmonic isolation are thereby obtained. The composite impulse can then be used to perform time-resolved measurements of weakly nonlinear phenomena. Such time-resolved measurements have the potential to dramatically improve the capability and performance of nondestructive testing systems that use acoustic …
Toward Improved Film Cooling Prediction, G. Medic, Paul A. Durbin
Toward Improved Film Cooling Prediction, G. Medic, Paul A. Durbin
Paul A. Durbin
Computations of flow and heat transfer for a film-cooled high pressure gas turbine rotor blade geometry are presented with an assessment of several turbulence models. Details of flow and temperature field predictions in the vicinity of cooling holes are examined. It is demonstrated that good predictions can be obtained when spurious turbulence energy production by the turbulence model is prevented.
Toward Improved Prediction Of Heat Transfer On Turbine Blades, G. Medic, Paul A. Durbin
Toward Improved Prediction Of Heat Transfer On Turbine Blades, G. Medic, Paul A. Durbin
Paul A. Durbin
Reynolds averaged computations of turbulent flow in a transonic turbine passage are presented to illustrate a manner in which widely used turbulence models sometimes provide poor heat transfer predictions. It is shown that simple, physically and mathematically based constraints can substantially improve those predictions.