The book is devoted to investigation of a series of problems of convective heat and mass
transfer in rotating-disk systems. Such systems are widespread in scientific and engineering …

The primary focus of this paper is convective heat transfer in axial flow turbines. Research
activity involving heat transfer generally separates into two related areas: predictions and …

The pre-swirl system can offer cooling air to improve the extreme thermal shock to the
rotating turbine blades in a gas turbine engine. This study focuses on theoretical …

Pre-swirl nozzles are used to deliver the cooling air to the rotating turbine blades in the
cooling systems of gas turbine engines. This paper considers the case where the cooling air …

In a “direct-transfer” pre-swirl supply system, cooling air flows axially across the wheel-space
from stationary pre-swirl nozzles to receiver holes located at a similar radius in the rotating …

Pre-swirl system is installed to minimize energy loss between the stationary and rotating
parts of turbine secondary air system. Although various optimization studies were conducted …

Rotating‐disc systems are used to model the flow and heat transfer that occurs inside the
cooling‐air systems of gas‐turbine engines. In this paper, recent computational and …

Direct transfer pre-swirl systems have been investigated by means of 3D computational
analysis. Different computational approaches have been utilized and results have been …

The life assessment and the efficiency of turbine cooling blades and vanes are seriously
affected by the cooling air delivery system of a gas turbine. The pre-swirl system in a gas …

The accuracy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the prediction of flow and heat
transfer in a direct transfer preswirl system is assessed through a comparison of CFD results …