Investigations of Conjugate Heat Transfer on Winglet-Squealer Tip of a Turbine Stage
Film cooling effect and heat transfer performance on the winglet-squealer tip of a tur-bine stage were investigated using the conjugate heat transfer method.The effects of conjugate heat transfer on heat transfer coefficient,net heat flux reduction,and film cooling effectiveness distribu-tions on two types of squealer tip(i.e.conventional squealer tip and pressure-side winglet squealer tip)and rotor blade surfaces were analyzed.Compared to the single-fluid-domain computations,the area-averaged heat transfer coefficient on the conventional squealer tip is decreased by 6.26%and the area-averaged heat transfer coefficient on the pressure side winglet squealer tip is increased by 1.67%if the conjugate heat transfer in blade solid is considered.The area-averaged heat transfer coefficient on the pressure side surface of rotor blade with pressure-side winglet squealer tip is increased by 23.73%,and area-averaged heat transfer coefficient on the suction side surface of rotor blade with pressure-side winglet squealer tip is increased by 2.18%if the conjugate heat transfer in blade solid is considered.However,the tip geometry has slight influence on the blade surface film cooling and heat transfer performance.