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D-Index
65
Citations
13374
World Ranking
523
National Ranking
232

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Edwin F. Church Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2016 - ASME Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2015 - Gold George Westinghouse Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Karen A. Thole is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans various areas within engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical and aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, and automotive engineering.

The main fields of study for Karen A. Thole include:

  • Engineering

Subfields of their work are:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

The scientist's research addresses several topics, including:

  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization
  • Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Combustion and Flame Dynamics

Karen A. Thole has contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Turbomachinery
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
  • AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum
  • Measurement Science and Technology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Understanding Laser Powder Bed Fusion Surface Roughness, 2020, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
  • Tailoring Surface Roughness Using Additive Manufacturing to Improve Internal Cooling, 2020, Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Adiabatic Effectiveness Measurements for a Baseline Shaped Film Cooling Hole, 2022, Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Impact of Additive Manufacturing on Internal Cooling Channels With Varying Diameters and Build Directions, 2021, Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Effect of Additive Manufacturing Process Parameters on Turbine Cooling, 2020, Journal of Turbomachinery

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Reid A. Berdanier
  • Michael D. Barringer
  • Stephen P. Lynch
  • Alexander J. Wildgoose
  • Thomas M. Corbett

Karen A. Thole has received several awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, including:

  • ASME Medal (2016)
  • Edwin F. Church Medal (2016)
  • Gold George Westinghouse Medal (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2004)

Best Publications

  • Gas Turbine Film Cooling

    D. G. Bogard;K. A. Thole

  • Flowfield Measurements for Film-Cooling Holes With Expanded Exits

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  • Adiabatic Effectiveness Measurements for a Baseline Shaped Film Cooling Hole

    Robert P. Schroeder;Karen A. Thole

  • Flowfield Measurements for Film-Cooling Holes With Expanded Exits

    Karen Ann Thole;Michael Gritsch;Achmed Schulz;Sigmar Wittig

  • A film-cooling correlation for shaped holes on a flat-plate surface

    Will F. Colban;Karen A. Thole;David G Bogard

  • Roughness Effects on Flow and Heat Transfer for Additively Manufactured Channels

    Curtis K. Stimpson;Jacob C. Snyder;Karen A. Thole;Dominic Mongillo

  • Scaling Roughness Effects on Pressure Loss and Heat Transfer of Additively Manufactured Channels

    Curtis K. Stimpson;Jacob C. Snyder;Karen A. Thole;Dominic Mongillo

  • Heat transfer from multiple row arrays of low aspect ratio pin fins

    Seth A. Lawson;Alan A. Thrift;Karen A. Thole;Atul Kohli

  • Adiabatic Effectiveness Measurements of Endwall Film-Cooling for a First-Stage Vane

    D. G. Knost;K. A. Thole

  • High freestream turbulence effects on turbulent boundary layers

    K. A. Thole;David G Bogard

  • Experimental validation of large eddy simulations of flow and heat transfer in a stationary ribbed duct

    Evan A. Sewall;Danesh K. Tafti;Andrew B. Graham;Karen A. Thole

  • Pressure loss and heat transfer performance for additively and conventionally manufactured pin fin arrays

    Kathryn L. Kirsch;Karen A. Thole

  • Effect of a Crossflow at the Entrance to a Film-Cooling Hole

    Karen A. Thole;Michael Gritsch;Achmed Schulz;Sigmar Wittig

  • Heat Transfer and Flowfield Measurements in the Leading Edge Region of a Stator Vane Endwall

    M. B. Kang;A. Kohli;K. A. Thole

  • Computational Design and Experimental Evaluation of Using a Leading Edge Fillet on a Gas Turbine Vane

    G. A. Zess;K. A. Thole

  • Computational Design and Experimental Evaluation of Using a Leading Edge Fillet on a Gas Turbine Vane

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  • Mean temperature measurements of jets with a crossflow for gas turbine film cooling application

    K. A. Thole;A. K. Sinha;D. G. Bogard;M. E. Crawford

  • Roughness Effects on Flow and Heat Transfer for Additively Manufactured Channels

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  • Understanding Laser Powder Bed Fusion Surface Roughness

    Jacob C. Snyder;Karen A. Thole

  • Full-Coverage Film Cooling With Short Normal Injection Holes

    Mark K. Harrington;Marcus A. McWaters;David G. Bogard;Christopher A. Lemmon

  • Build Direction Effects on Microchannel Tolerance and Surface Roughness

    Jacob C. Snyder;Curtis K. Stimpson;Karen A. Thole;Dominic J. Mongillo

  • Effect of Inlet Conditions on Endwall Secondary Flows

    Kristina S. Hermanson;Karen A. Thole

  • Heat Transfer for a Turbine Blade With Nonaxisymmetric Endwall Contouring

    Stephen P. Lynch;Narayan Sundaram;Karen A. Thole;Atul Kohli

  • Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss Measurements in Additively Manufactured Wavy Microchannels

    Kathryn L. Kirsch;Karen A. Thole

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Bogard
David G. Bogard The University of Texas at Austin
Pavlos P. Vlachos
Pavlos P. Vlachos Purdue University West Lafayette
Sigmar Wittig
Sigmar Wittig Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tim Lieuwen
Tim Lieuwen Georgia Institute of Technology
Mary Frecker
Mary Frecker Pennsylvania State University
Danesh K. Tafti
Danesh K. Tafti Virginia Tech

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