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
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
Comparison of thin film heat flux gauge technologies emphasizing continuous-duration operation
Comparison of thin film heat flux gauge technologies emphasizing continuous-duration operation
The lemcotec 1½ stage film-cooled HP turbine: Design, integration and testing in the Oxford turbine research facility
The lemcotec 1½ stage film-cooled HP turbine: Design, integration and testing in the Oxford turbine research facility
Pilot study on an innovative biosensor with a range of medical and surgical applications
Pilot study on an innovative biosensor with a range of medical and surgical applications
Comparison of large eddy simulation and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes for evaluation of entropy noise
Comparison of large eddy simulation and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes for evaluation of entropy noise
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
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
Comparison of thin film heat flux gauge technologies emphasizing continuous-duration operation
Comparison of thin film heat flux gauge technologies emphasizing continuous-duration operation
The lemcotec 1½ stage film-cooled HP turbine: Design, integration and testing in the Oxford turbine research facility
The lemcotec 1½ stage film-cooled HP turbine: Design, integration and testing in the Oxford turbine research facility
Pilot study on an innovative biosensor with a range of medical and surgical applications
Pilot study on an innovative biosensor with a range of medical and surgical applications
Comparison of large eddy simulation and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes for evaluation of entropy noise
Comparison of large eddy simulation and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes for evaluation of entropy noise
