A study of turbomachinery components machining and repairing methodologies

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 455-466

  Yilmaz, Oguzhan ^a   Noble, Dominic ^a   Gindy, Nabil N Z ^a   Gao, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Engine components; Maintenance; Turbines

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; MAINTENANCE; REPAIR; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ENGINE COMPONENTS; REPAIRING; TURBOMACHINERY COMPONENTS;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 28144442932     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660510628444     Document Type: Review

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