Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sweeping Jet Film Cooling

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad A.  Prenter, Robin  Lundgreen, Ryan K.  Ameri, Ali  Gregory, James W.  Bons, Jeffrey P.  

Journal:

JOURNAL OF TURBOMACHINERY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Issue Date:

2018

Abstract(summary):

A companion experimental and numerical study was conducted for the performance of a row of five sweeping jet (SJ) film cooling holes consisting of conventional curved fluidic oscillators with an aspect ratio (AR) of unity and a hole spacing of P/D =3D 8.5. Adiabatic film effectiveness (eta), thermal field (theta), convective heat transfer coefficient (h), and discharge coefficient (C-D) were measured at two different freestream turbulence levels (Tu =3D 0.4% and 10.1%) and four blowing ratios (M =3D 0.98, 1.97, 2.94, and 3.96) at a density ratio of 1.04 and hole Reynolds number of Re-D =3D 2800. Adiabatic film effectiveness and thermal field data were also acquired for a baseline 777-shaped hole. The SJ film cooling hole showed significant improvement in cooling effectiveness in the lateral direction due to the sweeping action of the fluidic oscillator. An unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulation was performed to evaluate the flow field at the exit of the hole. Time-resolved flow fields revealed two alternating streamwise vortices at all blowing ratios. The sense of rotation of these alternating vortices is opposite to the traditional counter-rotating vortex pair (CRVP) found in a "jet in crossflow" and serves to spread the film coolant laterally.