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    Turbine Blades: Terry Andersen Nathan Stastny

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    This document summarizes information about turbine blades, including their applications in jet engines and gas turbine generators, key design considerations like geometry, cooling, and attachment methods, the challenging environmental conditions they must withstand, common materials used like titanium alloys, and manufacturing processes like investment casting. Safety factors and creep are important design factors given the extremely high operating temperatures near the melting points of metals. New materials under research include ceramic and carbon composite blades for benefits like noise reduction and lighter weight.

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    This document summarizes information about turbine blades, including their applications in jet engines and gas turbine generators, key design considerations like geometry, cooling, and attachment methods, the challenging environmental conditions they must withstand, common materials used like titanium alloys, and manufacturing processes like investment casting. Safety factors and creep are important design factors given the extremely high operating temperatures near the melting points of metals. New materials under research include ceramic and carbon composite blades for benefits like noise reduction and lighter weight.

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    This document summarizes information about turbine blades, including their applications in jet engines and gas turbine generators, key design considerations like geometry, cooling, and attachment methods, the challenging environmental conditions they must withstand, common materials used like titanium alloys, and manufacturing processes like investment casting. Safety factors and creep are important design factors given the extremely high operating temperatures near the melting points of metals. New materials under research include ceramic and carbon composite blades for benefits like noise reduction and lighter weight.

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    Turbine Blades: Terry Andersen Nathan Stastny

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    This document summarizes information about turbine blades, including their applications in jet engines and gas turbine generators, key design considerations like geometry, cooling, and attachment methods, the challenging environmental conditions they must withstand, common materials used like titanium alloys, and manufacturing processes like investment casting. Safety factors and creep are important design factors given the extremely high operating temperatures near the melting points of metals. New materials under research include ceramic and carbon composite blades for benefits like noise reduction and lighter weight.

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    Turbine Blades

    Terry Andersen Nathan Stastny

    ME 372 Brigham Young University Fall 2001

    Overview
    Applications Design Considerations Material Considerations Manufacturing Processes Review Questions

    Applications
    Gas Turbine Generators Jet Engines

    Rolls Royce

    Turbine Blades

    Rolls Royce Trent

    Design Considerations
    Geometry Cooling Vanes Attachment Interface Safety Factors

    Geometry
    Strength / Fatigue Life Each row will be different Air Flow (CFD Package) Machineability

    General Turbine Blade Shape

    Cooling Vanes
    Blades must be kept cool Often operate near the metal melting point An increase of only 17 C can decrease the engine life by half Cool (300 C ) air is run out of the blades through small holes (vanes), keeping the blades from melting.

    Pic

    Attachment
    Keep Stress Concentrations Low Fir Tree Attachment
    Reduced stress concentrations Easy replacement Also known as the Christmas Tree

    Safety Factors
    Higher S.F. is usually the best. But what if the engine runs out of control at speeds higher than intended? The energy of the rotating blades goes up with 2 What happens if the blades brake at 10% overload? 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% ? Too much energy and the blades might break through the engine shroud and into the fuselage.

    Quick Video
    Boeing 777 Engine Test

    Material Considerations
    Environment Creep Current Materials Used Materials In Research

    Environment
    Air Temperature: Between 850 and 1600 C Melting Temperature:
    Steel:1400C Nickel Alloy: 1200C Titanium:1650C

    Turbine RPM: Appx. 20,000 rpm

    Creep
    Turbine blades elongate during their life Tip clearance Result of environment and grain structure Soft abradable lining Directional solidification (cooling) Single crystal structure

    Current Materials Used


    Initially Steel Nickel Alloys Most common material is Titanium Laser peening Ceramic Coatings

    Material In Research
    Ceramic blades

    Carbon composite blades


    Noise reduction Light weight

    Manufacturing Processes
    Machining (not too common) Investment Casting
    Secondary machining

    Electro-Chemical Machining
    Single operation

    Design Sites
    1. www.pccsmp.com (manufacturing) 2. www.turboblades.com (manufacturing) 3. www.giverin.demon.co.uk/NewFiles/HT WTurbines.html (information) 4. www.gas-turbines.com/begin (information) 5. www.pratt-whitney.com (engine manufacturer)

    Review
    Applications:
    Jet Engines Gas Turbine Generators

    Design Factors:
    Geometry S.F.

    Materials:
    Very high temperatures Titanium

    Manufacturing:

    Questions

    Dr. Chase
    Squadron Commander

    Nathan

    Terry

    Special thanks to all those who didnt believe in us, but whom weve proved wrong.

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