Numerical study of film cooling in supersonic flow

A computational fluid dynamics study of the insulating effects of film cooling is presented. The results for injecting a heated secondary airstream through a rearward-facing slot into a supersonic primary stream are compared with experimental data. The secondary stream is injected parallel to a flat plate in a Mach 3.0 divergent nozzle. Three different slot openings are examined. The secondary-air-flow to primary-air-flow ratio is between 0.5 and 8%