... Reynolds number effects. The simulations use an open-source computational fluid dynamics solver with high parallel efficiency and employ the Boussinesq approximation for centrifugal buoyancy. Kinetic energy effects (characterized by Eckert number) are accounted for by scaling the thermal boundary...

...Prashant Singh; Yongbin Ji; Srinath V. Ekkad Rotation-induced Coriolis and centrifugal buoyancy forces result in significant modification of cooling characteristics of blade pressure and suction side internal walls. The nonuniformity in cooling, coupled with high-speed rotation, results...