Biography
Kam Chana joined the University in 2010 following 22 years at the MoD and QinetiQ where he held the position Head of Instrumentation & Experimental Programmes and was a QinetiQ Fellow. He held a Visiting Fellow position at Warwick University for over 20 years and a Visiting Fellow position at Surrey University. Kam has also held the position Scientific Director of the European Virtual Institute for Gas Turbine Instrumentation (EVI-GTI) for 5 years.
At Oxford he leads the activities of the Oxford Turbine Research Facility. He has over 100 peer-reviewed published articles and several patents.
Most Recent Publications
Investigation of a high-pressure turbine stage in a high-speed rotating transient test facility for rotor tip study and a parametric study for improved heat transfer calculation
Investigation of a high-pressure turbine stage in a high-speed rotating transient test facility for rotor tip study and a parametric study for improved heat transfer calculation
Impact of rotor-casing effusion cooling on turbine performance and operating point: an experimental, computational, and theoretical study
Impact of rotor-casing effusion cooling on turbine performance and operating point: an experimental, computational, and theoretical study
Effect of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile on cooled 1.5-stage turbine aerodynamics: an experimental and computational study
Effect of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile on cooled 1.5-stage turbine aerodynamics: an experimental and computational study
Heated thin film gauge arrangements to reduce uncertainty in transient heat transfer measurements
Heated thin film gauge arrangements to reduce uncertainty in transient heat transfer measurements
Commissioning of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile generator in a transonic turbine test facility
Commissioning of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile generator in a transonic turbine test facility
Research Interests
- Turbine heat transfer
- Cooling systems
- Gas turbines
- Internal combustion engine instrumentation
- Tip timing
- Tip clearance measurement
- High temperature instrumentation
Research Groups
Most Recent Publications
Investigation of a high-pressure turbine stage in a high-speed rotating transient test facility for rotor tip study and a parametric study for improved heat transfer calculation
Investigation of a high-pressure turbine stage in a high-speed rotating transient test facility for rotor tip study and a parametric study for improved heat transfer calculation
Impact of rotor-casing effusion cooling on turbine performance and operating point: an experimental, computational, and theoretical study
Impact of rotor-casing effusion cooling on turbine performance and operating point: an experimental, computational, and theoretical study
Effect of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile on cooled 1.5-stage turbine aerodynamics: an experimental and computational study
Effect of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile on cooled 1.5-stage turbine aerodynamics: an experimental and computational study
Heated thin film gauge arrangements to reduce uncertainty in transient heat transfer measurements
Heated thin film gauge arrangements to reduce uncertainty in transient heat transfer measurements
Commissioning of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile generator in a transonic turbine test facility
Commissioning of a combined hot-streak and swirl profile generator in a transonic turbine test facility