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Kam Chana BSc MSc MDA CEng FRAeS

Associate Professor of Engineering Science

Commercial and Technical Director of the Oxford Turbine Test Facility

Fellow of St Anne’s College

TEL: 01865 288741
COLLEGE: St Anne’s College

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Research Interests

  • Turbine heat transfer
  • Cooling systems
  • Gas turbines
  • Internal combustion engine instrumentation
  • Tip timing
  • Tip clearance measurement
  • High temperature instrumentation

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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