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Abstract
This study aims to investigate the cooling performance of various film cooling holes, including combined hole, cylinder hole, conical hole, and fan-shaped hole. For film cooling technology, a novel combined hole configuration is first proposed to improve the cooling protection for gas turbine engines. This combined hole consists of a central cylinder hole (an inclination angle of 35°) and two additional side holes (a lateral diffusion angle of 30°). Film holes for four-hole configurations have the same inlet diameter of 8 mm. The adiabatic film cooling effectiveness for each hole configuration is analyzed for varying blowing ratios (M = 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0). Results show that the best cooling performance for the conical and fan-shaped holes is obtained at the blowing ratio of 0.75. In addition, the combined hole configuration provides a more uniform cooling protection and a better cooling performance than the other hole configurations.