Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Email: Marcus Polanka
Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin; 1999
M. S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University; 1993
B. S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton; 1992
HEAT TRANSFER
TURBULENCE
FLUID DYNAMICS
COMBUSTION DYNAMICS
FILM COOLING
LASER DIAGNOSTICS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Polanka, M.D., Cutbirth, J. M., and Bogard, D.G., “Three Component Velocity Field Measurements in the Stagnation Region of a Film Cooled Turbine Vane,” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 124, 2002.
Polanka, M.D., Hoying, D.A., Meininger, M., and MacArthur, C.D., “Turbine Tip and Shroud Heat Transfer and Loading Part A: Parameter Effects Including Reynolds Number, Pressure Ratio, and Gas to Metal Temperature Ratio”, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 125, 2003, pp. 97-106.
Urbassik, R. M., Wolff, J.M., and Polanka, M.D., “Unsteady Aerodynamics and Interactions Between a High Pressure Turbine Vane and Rotor” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 128, 2006, pp. 35-42.
Clark, J.P, Polanka, M.D., Meininger, M., and Praisner, T. J., “Validation of Heat-Flux Predictions on the Outer Air Seal of a Transonic Turbine Blade” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol 128, 2006, pg. 589-595.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “Experimental Evaluation of an Inlet Profile Generator for High Pressure Turbine Tests”, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 129, April 2007, pg. 382-393.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “Effects of Combustor Exit Profiles on Vane Aerodynamic Loading and Heat Transfer in a High Pressure Turbine” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 131, April 2009, pg. 021008: 1-10.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “An Experimental Study of Combustor Exit Profile Shapes on Endwall Heat Transfer in High Pressure Turbine Vanes”, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 131, April 2009, pg. 021009: 1-10.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., Polanka, M.D., Clark, J.P., and Koch, P.J., “Migration of Combustor Exit Profiles Through High Pressure Turbine Vanes”, Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 131, April 2009, pg. 021010: 1-10.
Anderson, W., Polanka, M., Zelina, J., Evans, D., Stouffer, S.D., and Justinger, Garth R., “Effects of a Reacting Cross-Stream on Turbine Film Cooling” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 132, May 2010.
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “Predicting Separation and Transitional Flow in Turbine Blades at Low Reynolds Numbers - Part I: Development of Prediction Methodology” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 132, July 2010, pg. 103003: 1-11.
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “Predicting Separation and Transitional Flow in Turbine Blades at Low Reynolds Numbers - Part II: The Application to a Highly Separated Turbine Blade Cascade Geometry” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 132, July 2010, pg. 104003: 1-8.
Polanka, M.D., Zelina, J., Anderson, W., Sekar, B., Evans, D.S., King, P.I., Thornburg, H.J., Lin, C.X., and Stouffer, S.D., “Heat Release in Turbine Film Cooling Part 1: Experimental and Computational Comparison of Three Geometries” accepted to Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2010.
Lin, C.X., Holder, R.J., Sekar, B., Zelina, J., Polanka, M.D., Thornburg, H.J., and Briones, A.M., “Heat Release in Turbine Film Cooling Part 2: Numerical Simulation of Shaped Hole Secondary Combustion Development and Location” accepted to Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2010.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Polanka, M.D., Witteveld, V.C., and Bogard, D.G., “Film Cooling Effectiveness in the Showerhead Region of a Gas Turbine Vane Part I: Stagnation Region andNear-Pressure Side,” ASME paper 99-GT-48.
Witteveld, V.C., Polanka, M.D., and Bogard, D.G., “Film Cooling Effectiveness in the Showerhead Region of a Gas Turbine Vane Part II: Stagnation Region and Near-SuctionSide,” ASME paper 99-GT-49.
Polanka, M.D., Ethridge, M., Cutbirth, J. M., and Bogard, D.G., “Effects of Showerhead Injection on Film Cooling Effectiveness of Downstream Rows of Holes,” ASME paper 00-GT-240.
Polanka, M.D., Cutbirth, J. M., and Bogard, D.G., “Three Component Velocity Field Measurements in the Stagnation Region of a Film Cooled Turbine Vane,” ASME paper 01-GT-0402. *
Polanka, M.D., Meininger, M. and Joe, C.R., “Installation Effects on Heat Transfer Measurements for a Turbine Vane,” Heat Transfer and Cooling in Propulsion and Power Systems, Applied Vehicle Technology Panel, Loen, Norway, May 2001.
Polanka, M.D., Hoying, D.A., Meininger, M., and MacArthur, C.D., “Turbine Tip and Shroud Heat Transfer and Loading Part A: Parameter Effects Including Reynolds Number, Pressure Ratio, and Gas to Metal Temperature Ratio”, ASME paper GT-2002-30186.*
Polanka, M.D., White, A.L., Meininger, M., Clark, J.P. and Praisner, T. J., “Turbine Tip and Shroud Heat Transfer and Loading Part B: Comparisons Between Prediction and Experiment Including Unsteady Effects” ASME paper GT-2003-38916.
Urbassik, R. M., Wolff, J.M., and Polanka, M.D., “Spanwise Variations of Forcing Functions in a High Pressure Turbine Stage with Loading and Reynolds Number” 16th International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, ISABE-2003-1036, Cleveland, OH, August 31-September 5, 2003.
Urbassik, R. M., Wolff, J.M., and Polanka, M.D., “Unsteady Aerodynamics and Interactions Between a High Pressure Turbine Vane and Rotor” ASME paper GT-2004-53607.*
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “Developing a Combustor Simulator For Investigating High Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer” ASME paper GT-2004-53613.
Moore, K., Wolff, J.M., Polanka, M.D., and Sondergaard, R, “A PIV Study of Pulsed Vortex Generator Jets” 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, AIAA-2004-3927,Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 11-14, 2004.
Moore, K., Wolff, J.M., Polanka, M.D., and Sondergaard, R, “A Large Scale Investigation of Pulsed Vortex Generator Jets Using PIV”, 11th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Notre Dame, Indiana, Aug 9-12, 2004.
Polanka, M.D., White, A.L., Crafton, J., Fonov, S., Jones, G., and Goss, L., “Measurements of Pressure and Temperature in a Short Duration Turbine Facility” AIAA Paper AIAA-2005-0804.
Estevadeordal, J., Meyer, T. R., Gogineni, S.P., Polanka, M.D. and Gord, J.R., “Development of a Fiber-Optic PIV System for Turbomachinery Applications” AIAA Paper AIAA-2005-24855.
Kunze, V. R., Wolff, J.M., Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., "Numerical Modeling of Flow and Thermal Patterns Within a Combustor Simulator" ASME paper GT-2005-68284.
Moore, K., Wolff, J.M., Polanka, M.D., and Sondergaard, R., “A Large Scale Investigation of a Flat Plate Vortex Generator Jet in Crossflow using PIV”, 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, AIAA-2005-4221, Tucson, AZ, 10–13 July 2005.
Kunze, V. R., Wolff, M., Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., "Numerical Insight into Flow and Thermal Patterns Within an Inlet Profile Generator Comparing to Experimental Results” ASME paper GT-2006-90276.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “Effects of Combustor Exit Profiles on Vane Aerodynamic Loading and Heat Transfer in a High Pressure Turbine” ASME paper GT-2006-90277.*
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “Experimental Evaluation of an Inlet Profile Generator for High Pressure Turbine Tests” ASME paper GT-2006-90401.*
Kunze, V. R., Wolff, M., and Polanka, M.D., "Numerical Geometric Sensitivity Analysis of Flow and Thermal Patterns within a Combustor Simulator" AIAA paper AIAA-2006-48218.
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., and Polanka, M.D., “An Experimental Study of Combustor Exit Profile Shapes on Endwall Heat Transfer in High Pressure Turbine Vanes” ASME paper GT-2007-27156.*
Barringer, M.D., Thole, K.A., Polanka, M.D., Clark, J.P., and Koch, P.J., “Migration of Combustor Exit Profiles Through High Pressure Turbine Vanes” ASME paper GT-2007-27157.*
Polanka, M.D., Gillaugh, T.G., Anthony, R.A., Umholtz, M.J., and Reeder, M.F., “Comparisons of Three Cooling Techniques in a High Speed, True Scale, Fully Cooled Turbine Vane Ring” AIAA paper AIAA-07-5097.
Polanka, M.D., Anthony, R.J., Bogard, D.G., and Reeder, M.F., “Determination of Cooling Parameters for a High Speed, True Scale, Metallic Turbine Vane Ring”, ASME paper GT-2008-50281.
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “Predicting Separation and Transitional Flow in Turbine Blades at Low Reynolds Numbers”, ASME paper GT-2008-50283.*
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “A Mixing Plane Model Investigation of Separation and Transitional Flow at Low Reynolds Numbers in a Multistage Low Pressure Turbine”, AIAA 2009-1467, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan 4-8, 2009.
Evans, D.S., King, P.I., Polanka, M.D., Zelina, J., Anderson, W., and Stouffer, S.D., “Impact of Heat Release in Turbine Film Cooling”, AIAA 2009-0298, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan 4-8, 2009.*
Lin, C.X., Holder, R.J., Thornburg, H.J., Sekar, B., Zelina, J., and Anderson, W.,Polanka, M.D., Stouffer, S.D., and Briones, A.M., “Large-Eddy Simulation of Film Cooling in Reactive Flow over a Surface with Shaped Coolant Hole”,AIAA 2009-0678, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan 4-8, 2009.*
Thornburg, H.J., Sekar, B., Zelina, J., Anderson W., Polanka, M.D., Lin, C.X., Holder R.J., Briones, A.M.,and Stouffer, S.D., “Design Studies of Turbine Blade Film Cooling with Unburned Fuel in Cross Stream Flow”AIAA-2009-0510, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, Jan 4-8, 2009.
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “Turbulence Model Comparisons for Mixing Plane Simulations of a Multistage Low Pressure Turbine Operating at Low Reynolds Numbers”, AIAA 2009-4928, 45th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Denver, CO, Aug 3-5, 2009.
Anderson, W., Polanka, M., Zelina, J., Evans, D., Stouffer, S.D., and Justinger, Garth R., “Effects of a Reacting Cross-Stream on Turbine Film Cooling”, ASME Paper GT-2009-59242, IGTI Turbo Expo, Orlando, FL, Jun 8-12, 2009.*
LeBay, K.D, Drenth, A.C., Thomas, L.M., Polanka, M.D., Branam, R.D., and Schmidt, J.B., “Characterizing the Effects of G-Loading in an Ultra Compact Combustor via Sectional Models”, ASME Paper GT-2010-22723, IGTI Turbo Expo, Glasgow, UK, Jun 14-18, 2010.
Sanders, D.D., O’Brien, W.F.,Sondergaard, R., Polanka, M.D., Rabe, D.C., “Unsteady Wake Effects on a Highly Loaded Low Pressure Turbine Blade - Part II: Prediction of Separation and Transitional Flow” ASME Paper GT-2010-22991, IGTI Turbo Expo, Glasgow, UK, Jun 14-18, 2010.