Effects of squealer tips on blade aerodynamic performances and tip heat transfer in a gas turbine were investigated. CFD simulations were performed for both flat and squealer blade tips by solving steady compressible Reynolds-averaged N-S equations in conjunction with the standard k-ω two-equation turbulence model. The overall accuracy was of the second order. The blade calculated was a typical rotor blade in a modern gas turbine. The groove depth-blade span ratio was specified as 3%. The influences of five different tip gap-blade span ratios
e.g.
0.4%
0.7%
1.0%
1.3%
and 1.6%
were considered. The results show that
by comparison with the flat tip
the squealer tip can reduce the blade tip leakage flow and increase the blade aerodynamic efficiency
especially in the case of large gap. Moreover
the heat load of the squealer tip decreases for the small gap while increases for the large gap.
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