✈️ Turbine Blade Film Cooling Effectiveness

Evaluate gas turbine film cooling effectiveness (eta), adiabatic wall temperature (Taw), blowing ratio (M), momentum flux ratio (I), and protected wall heat flux reduction.

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✈️ Turbine Airfoil Blade Wall & Protective Coolant Film Layer

Real-time visual simulation: Angled cooling hole injection discharging protective thermal barrier film

📝 Configuration & Presets

🔥 HPT First-Stage Vane 🌀 Rotor Blade Showerhead 🏭 Combustor Effusion Tile 🚀 Scramjet Hypersonic Film
📐 Cooling Hole Geometry & Distance
🔥 Mainstream Hot Gas Flow
❄️ Coolant Bleed Air & Blade Metal
Goldstein & Baldauf Formulation:
• Blowing Ratio: M = (ρc Uc) / (ρ U)
• Momentum Flux Ratio: I = (ρc Uc²) / (ρ U²)
• Film Effectiveness: η = (Taw − T) / (Tc − T)
• Wall Heat Flux: q″ = h₀ · (Taw − Tw) [kW/m²]

📊 Film Cooling Results

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📘 Calculation Methodology & Film Cooling Standards

Goldstein & Baldauf Correlations

Computes the adiabatic wall temperature $T_{aw}$ resulting from the thermal mixing between the injected cold wall jet and mainstream boundary layer:

η = (Taw − T) / (Tc − T) = f(x/(MD), I, P/D)

Jet Attachment vs Lift-Off

When momentum flux ratio $I > 0.8$, the coolant jet lifts off the surface, entraining hot gas beneath before reattaching, degrading near-hole protection.

Key Engineering Assumptions

  • Rows of discrete circular holes inclined at $\alpha \approx 30^\circ - 35^\circ$.
  • Turbulent boundary layer mixing over flat or mildly curved airfoil walls.
  • Applicable to gas turbine vanes, blades, combustors, and scramjet injectors.