1. TURBOMACHINERY AERO-HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Cengiz Camci
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
223 Hammond Building
Presented to P&W visitors on 7/9/2009

11. RESEARCH & FACILITIES COURSES & SPONSORS
TURBOMACHINERY AERO-HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY
Dept.of Aerospace Engineering
RESEARCH & FACILITIES
COURSES & SPONSORS
Prepared by : Dr. Cengiz Camci
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
223 Hammond Building
Presented to P&W visitors on 7/9/2009

13. FLUID DYNAMICS & HEAT TRANSFER STUDIES
APPLIED TO TURBOMACHINERY SYSTEMS
Aero-heat transfer studies of turbine casing treatments
Turbine blade tip aero-heat transfer studies including
novel squealer tips and tip leakage de-sensitization devices
Turbine disk cavity flows and intra-stage leakage aerodynamics
Turbine blade tip injection studies
Secondary flow minimization
(NGV and blade) Endwall contouring including non-axisymmetric contouring
Non-intrusive turbine aero-heat transfer measurements
LDA, PIV, thermographic liquid crystals
pressure sensitive paints and infrared thermography
Numerical prediction of turbomachinery flow and heat transfer in a
high performance computer cluster

14. TURBOMACHINERY RELATED TEACHING EFFORTS
Theory and Design of Turbomachinery AERSP 507
Aero-thermo-mechanical Design of Small Gas Turbines
for UAV Applications AERSP 597-K
Propulsion System Design and Analysis for
Unmanned Air Vehicles AERSP 597-E
Finite Element Method in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
AERSP 560
Foundations of Fluid Mechanics AERSP 508
Aerospace Propulsion AERSP 410
Turbulent Flow AERSP 412

15. MAJOR TURBOMACHINERY RESEARCH FACILITIES
HEAT TRANSFER WIND TUNNEL
LOW SPEED LINEAR CASCADE
HIGH SPEED FLOW facility 600 HP blower, dP=225 ” of H2O
Mach 0.8 flow at cascade exit
A 36 INCH DIAM. TURBINE RESEARCH FACILITY
(a large scale, rotating, cold flow turbine rig)
AXIAL FLOW FAN/DUCTED FAN RESEARCH FACILITY
PLANAR AND STEREOSCOPIC PIV SYSTEMS
VARIOUS PROBE CALIBRATION SYSTEMS
LIQUID CRYSTAL AND PSP CALIBRATION SYSTEMS

16. RECENT EMPHASIS AREAS ARE:
Aero-heat transfer studies of turbine casing treatments
General turbine heat transfer studies (gas side and coolant side)
Turbine blade tip aero-heat transfer studies including
novel squealer tips and tip leakage de-sensitization devices
Turbine disk cavity flows and intra-stage leakage aerodynamics
Turbine blade tip injection studies
Secondary flow minimization
(NGV and blade) Endwall contouring including non-axisymmetric contouring
Non-intrusive turbine aero-heat transfer measurements
including, LDA, PIV, thermographic liquid crystals, pressure sensitive paints and
infrared thermography
Numerical prediction of turbomachinery flow and heat transfer in a high performance computer

17. Past Sponsors : Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium NASA
Ecole Centrale Lyon, France
Istanbul Technical University
International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer ICHMT
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Lewis/Glenn Research Center
National Science Foundation (CTS)
DOE/AGTSR/SCIES
DOD/Army Research Office
Pratt& Whitney Aircraft Engines
GE GRC/PS
Solar Turbines/Caterpillar
Trane Corporation
Siemens Energy
Sikorsky Aircraft Company (SAC)/UTRC
Center for Rotorcraft Innovation CRI

18. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
TURBOMACHINERY AERO-HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY Pennsylvania State University Dept.of Aerospace Engineering
For further details contact to:
Dr.Cengiz Camci
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
223 Hammond Building University Park PA