Uncoupling Coriolis Force and Rotating Buoyancy Effects on Full-Field Heat Transfer Properties of a Rotating Channel

This method can help answer key questions in the heat transfer field including many rated to internal cooling of cast turbine rotor blades. The main advantage of this technique is the full field heat transfer data collected and the proposed data reduction method. Those are able to reveal individual and interdependent effects of the Coriolis folds and rotating buoyancy on local heat transfer properties.

Demonstrating the procedure will be Kuo-Ching Yu, Wei-Ling Cai and Hong-Da Shen. Three graduate students from my laboratory. The protocol requires the use of a rotating rig that consists of a shaft driven by a motor.