Abstract The present investigation is performed by repeated experiments to simulate the impingement cooling heat transfer in leading-edge region of gas turbine with thermochromic liquid crystals. The experiments was studied on a rotating square duct without crossflow effect from three different rotational speeds of 0, 30 and 60 rpm. The study covered jet Reynolds number 7000 to 9000 and the rotational speeds from 0 to 60 rpm. Results are presented and focused on the effect of three different rotational speeds. Nusselt number values increased (up to 14%) with Reynolds number. However, Rotation induced coriolis and centrifuged forces and decreased the Nusselt number values about 9% which is quite coincided with those of previous studies.

A new approach for the control of the size of particles fabricated using the Electrohydrodynamic Atomization (EHDA) method is being developed. In short, the EHDA process produces solution droplets in a controlled manner, and as the solvent evaporates from the surface of the droplets, polymeric particles are formed. By varying the voltage applied, the size of the droplets can be changed, and consequently, the size of the particles can also be controlled. By using both a nozzle electrode and a ring electrode placed axisymmetrically and slightly above the nozzle electrode, we are able to produce a Single Taylor Cone Single Jet for a wide range of voltages, contrary to just using a single nozzle electrode where the range of permissible voltage for the creation of the Single Taylor Cone Single Jet is usually very small. Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer (PDPA) test results have shown that the droplet size increases with increasing voltage applied. This trend is predicted by the electrohydrodynamic theory of the Single Taylor Cone Single Jet based on a perfect dielectric fluid model. Particles fabricated using different voltages do not show much change in the particles size, and this may be attributed to the solvent evaporation process. Nevertheless, these preliminary results do show that this method has the potential of providing us with a way of fine controlling the particles size using relatively simple method with trends predictable by existing theories. / Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)

Cette thèse fait référence au bruit de choc généré par des jets sousdétendus simple ou en configuration co-axial. Le bruit de choc est généré par l'interaction entre les structures turbulentes de la couche de cisaillement et le réseaux de cellules de choc développé dans le cône potentiel du jet. Afin d'étudier le bruit choc, simulations à grandes échelles adaptés pour l'aéro-acoustique sont effectué avec des schémas d'ordre élevé qui permet une approche nondissipative et non-dispersive. Les résultats sont analysés et comparés avec des résultats expérimentaux. Notamment, une filtrage hydrodynamique et acoustique est réalisé dans le champ proche pour analyser les modes azimutaux acoustiques et hydrodynamiques. En outre, un analyse basé sur la transformé en ondelettes est mis en oeuvre pour identifier les caractéristiques acoustiques et hydrodynamiques importants des jets supersoniques. / This thesis deals with the shock-cell noise generated by under-expanded supersonic jets in single- and dualstream configurations. Shock-cell noise is generated by the interaction between the turbulent structures of the shear-layer and the shock-cell system developed in the potential core of the jet. In order to study shock-cell noise, large eddy simulations adapted to aeroacoustics are carried out using high-order compact schemes that allow for a non-dissipative nondispersive approach. The results are analyzed and compared to experimental results. In particular, an acoustic-hydrodynamic filtering is carried out in the near field in order to analyze the acoustic and hydrodynamic azimuthal modes. Moreover, a wavelet-based analysis is implemented in order to identify the relevant acoustic and hydrodynamic features of the supersonic jets.