Review of approaches to gas turbine life management

Collection of Technical Papers - 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 876-886

  Vittal, S ^a   Hajela, P ^b   Joshi, A ^a  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engine Life Management; Gas Turbine; Probabilistic Design

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRFRAMES; CONDITION MONITORING; ENGINES; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENGINE LIFE MANAGEMENT; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE (HCF); LOW CYCLE FATIGUE (LCF); PROBABILISTIC DESIGN;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 20344404210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-4372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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