Effects of Shocks on the Unsteady Heat Transfer in a Film-Cooled Transonic Turbine Cascade

Abstract : An experimental program was performed to study the effects of high strength shocks on the film cooling heat transfer in a transonic turbine blade. Shocks stronger than seen in actual engines were generated by a shock tube and directed to pass into the cascade upstream of a linear set of blades. The results indicate that the increased strength of the shocks do not disrupt the boundary layer on the blade. Therefore, the heat transfer is still predictable by the methods determined for lower strength shocks, as reported in the attached two papers (presented in Munich during this research program). As a transition to work on high free-stream turbulence effects, initial results for a blown grid were obtained in low speed flow. The corresponding report is attached, but has not yet been published.