Can-annular combustors consist of a set of independent cans, connected on the upstream
side to the combustor plenum and on the downstream side to the turbine inlet, where a …

Squealer tips are widely used in high-pressure axial turbines to control tip leakage loss. A
well-designed squealer tip is essential for improving the turbine aerodynamic performance …

Superior rotor tip geometries possess the potential to simultaneously mitigate aerodynamic
losses and severe thermal loads onto the rotor overtip region. However, classical design …

The leakage flows within the gap between the tips of unshrouded rotor blades and the
stationary casing of high-speed turbines are the source of significant aerodynamic losses …

Qualitatively different heat transfer characteristics between a transonic blade tip and a
subsonic one have recently been discovered. High-resolution experimental data can be …

Blade tip design and tip leakage flows are crucial aspects for the development of modern
aero-engines. The inevitable clearance between stationary and rotating parts in turbine …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate thermal load and aerodynamic performance by
applying different shapes of tips depending on the velocity region in a transonic turbine …

Currently the aerodynamics and heat transfer over a turbine blade tip tend to be analyzed
separately with the assumption that the wall thermal boundary conditions do not affect the …

Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) has several inherent shortcomings such
as long mold filling times, low fiber volume fraction, and high void content in fabricated …

In high-speed, unshrouded turbines, tip leakage flows generate large aerodynamic losses
and intense unsteady thermal loads over the rotor blade tip and casing. The stage-loading …