Accurate predictions of turbine heat transfer rates are needed to reduce the overall costs and risks of developing an efficient cooling system and to improve predictions of turbine life. 3D Navier Stokes codes are commonly used to predict the aerodynamic flowfield, but their use for heat transfer calculations is not so well established. This paper describes heat transfer predictions for the end...

This is an exploratory study of jet noise reduction using fan flow deflectors in a nozzle shaped like the exhaust of a separate-flow turbofan engine with bypass ratio 4.8. The deflectors directed the bypass plume downward and/or sideward relative to the core plume. Vaneand wedge-type deflectors were tested. The noise reduction achieved by the vane deflector was strong in the downward direction ...

In recent years a number of embankments were designedwith concrete overtopping protection shaped in a stepped fashion. During large overflows on stepped chutes, there is no skin friction between mainstream and steps, and flow resistance is basically form drag. Alterations of flow recirculation and of fluid exchanges between free-stream and cavity flow are discussed in this study. A comprehensiv...

Closed-form solutions were developed to optimize kinematics design of a 2-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) planar parallel manipulator. The optimum design based on the workspace was presented. Meanwhile, a global, comprehensive conditioning index was introduced to evaluate the kinematic designs. The optimal parallel manipulator is incorporated into a 5-DOF hybrid machine tool which includes a 2-DOF rot...