TY - GEN
T1 - Improving the turbine cooling conceptual design process
AU - Bell, Chris
AU - Clarkson, John P.
AU - Dawes, William N.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A method is introduced to improve the conceptual design of turbine blade cooling systems. It delivers greater insights, enables flexibility to explore the design space and provides a more mature start to a conventional design cycle. System representations are rapidly developed using 3-D sketch-based computer models based on idealised, imprecise geometry. Process bottlenecks are eliminated, accelerating design feedback to guide changes. Computational fluid dynamics models provide qualitative coolant flow information. Rapid-prototype models indicate core suitability. An example is presented: coolant flow and core quality are progressively improved and changes made to transform the system style.
AB - A method is introduced to improve the conceptual design of turbine blade cooling systems. It delivers greater insights, enables flexibility to explore the design space and provides a more mature start to a conventional design cycle. System representations are rapidly developed using 3-D sketch-based computer models based on idealised, imprecise geometry. Process bottlenecks are eliminated, accelerating design feedback to guide changes. Computational fluid dynamics models provide qualitative coolant flow information. Rapid-prototype models indicate core suitability. An example is presented: coolant flow and core quality are progressively improved and changes made to transform the system style.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69949172504&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/GT2008-51285
DO - 10.1115/GT2008-51285
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:69949172504
SN - 9780791843161
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
SP - 2631
EP - 2640
BT - 2008 Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
T2 - 2008 ASME Turbo Expo
Y2 - 9 June 2008 through 13 June 2008
ER -