Engine seal technology requirements to meet NASA's advanced subsonic technology program goals

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 786-793

  Steinetz, Bruce M ^a,b,c   Hendricks, Robert C ^a,d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Structural Dynamics Branch

^c AIAA ^*

^d Space Propulsion Division ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRCRAFT FUELS; COMBUSTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; SEALS; SERVICE LIFE; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TURBINES;

ADVANCED SUBSONIC TECHNOLOGY; AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; ENGINE SEALS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES;

EID: 0030190953     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24102     Document Type: Article

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