An existing open circuit wind tunnel has been modified to incorporate a secondary supply loop to provide controlled flow conditions at the inlet to a film cooling hole model. The primary or crossflow fluid enters from atmosphere through a smooth two dimensional contraction before entering the working section. The newly constructed supply loop has a single inlet from a high pressure source, in-l...

Most of the conventional thermal management techniques can be used to cool the whole chip. Since thermal design requirements are mostly driven by the peak temperatures, reducing or eliminating hot spots could alleviate the design requirements for the whole package. Monolithic solid-state microcoolers offer an attractive way to eliminate hot spots. In this paper, we review theoretical and experi...

As commercial and military aircraft engines approach higher total temperatures and increasing overall fuel-to-air ratios, there exists a potential for significant heat release to occur in the turbine if energetic species emitted from the combustor are further oxidized during interaction with film-cooling flows. Currently there is little basis for understanding the effects on aero-performance an...

This thesis deals with an interesting application of mathematics, tear film dynamics. Our goal is to understand and simulate the various observed tear film behaviors, such as film cooling, black line formation and lipid patterns etc. During this process, we build models to describe the fluid dynamics for several blink cycles, experiment on the choices of parameters, compare the simulation with ...

Diffusion-shaped film holes with compound angles are currently being investigated for high temperature gas turbine airfoil film cooling. An accurate prediction of the coolant blowing rate through these film holes is essential in determining the film effectiveness. Therefore, the discharge coefficients associated with these film holes for a range of hole pressure ratios is essential in designing...

We demonstrate the synthesis of monolayer graphene using thermal chemical vapor deposition and successive transfer onto arbitrary substrates toward transparent flexible conductive film application. We used electron-beam-deposited Ni thin film as a synthetic catalyst and introduced a gas mixture consisting of methane and hydrogen. To optimize the synthesis condition, we investigated the effects ...

Heat and mass transfer between air and falling desiccant film is investigated for inclined parallel and counter flow configurations. Two different configurations are proposed and parametrically analyzed. Effect of inclination angle is examined to study enhancements in dehumidification and cooling processes of the air and regeneration of liquid desiccant in terms of pertinent parameters. Cu-ultr...

Superhydrophobic surfaces are characterized by their peculiarities, such as water-repellent, anti-icing, and freezing-delay properties. Wetting dynamics of deposited water drops on cooling hydrophobic surfaces, which directly affects the aforementioned properties, has not been studied thoroughly. Here, water drops are cooled on different hydrophobic surfaces in a controlled environment. During ...

The advance of magnetic nanotechnologies relies on detailed understanding of nanoscale magnetic mechanisms in materials. Magnetic domain memory (MDM), that is, the tendency for magnetic domains to repeat the same pattern during field cycling, is important for magnetic recording technologies. Here we demonstrate MDM in [Co/Pd]/IrMn films, using coherent X-ray scattering. Under illumination, the ...