Thermomechanical Failure of Turbine Blades. Analysis and Recommendations

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Engineering - Aerospace Technology, grade: First class, Coventry University, course: Aerospace Engineering, language: English, abstract: This report paper explains the roll of a turbine blade and its analysis in todays jet engines. The report first discusses all the relevant information about how the conclusion of the turbine blade was reached from all the other probable components in the engine, then it moves on the full analysis of the turbine blade. Discussing about the maintenance and testing of the blade to see where the industry is and where its heading, then it moves on to the failure analysis. This shows the major pitfalls in the design of the blade and if a failure occurs, how the aircraft I built to react to such an incident. Material inspection and possible causes of failure is also discussed next, deformation characteristics due to thermally induced stress and new methods to prevent such failures is looked into.