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Evaluation of transpiration-cooled turbine blades with shells of "poroloy" wire cloth
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 1959 |
| Description | An experimental investigation was made to evaluate the durability and permeability of a group of transpiration-cooled, strut-supported turbine blades. The porous shells were formed from a woven-wire material. The blades were fabricated by a contractor for the Bureau of Aeronautics. The results of permeability tests indicated that the shell material exhibited large random variations in local permeability, which result in excessive coolant flows and very nonuniform cooling. For this reason no heat-transfer evaluations were made because any results would have been inconclusive. Four blades were investigated for structural soundness in a turbo-jet engine operating at a turbine-inlet temperature of approximately 1670 deg F and a turbine tip speed of approximately 1305 feet per second. The maximum temperature of the porous-shell material was approximately 1050 deg F. Inspection of the first two blades after 10 minutes of engine operation revealed that the tips of both of the blades had failed. For the second pair of blades, an improved tip cap was provided by the use of built-up weld extending from strut tip to shell. One of these blades was then operated for 33 hours without failure, and was found to be in good condition at the end of this time. The second blade of this second pair failed within the first 10 minutes of operation because of a poor bond between shell and strut lands. |
| File Size | 1030275 |
| Page Count | 20 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980228029 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9n34kh9t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1959-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mechanical Engineering Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |