Identification of the stability margin between safe operation and the onset of blade flutter

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rice, Tim ^a   Bell, David ^a   Singh, Gurnam ^a  

^a Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AEROELASTIC STABILITY; AXIAL BENDING; BLADE FLUTTER; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LAST STAGE; LEAKAGE CONTROL; MARGIN OF SAFETY; MASS FLOW; MECHANICAL DAMPING; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; MODE SHAPES; OPERATING CONDITION; OUT OF PHASE; PRODUCT VALIDATION; SAFE OPERATION; STABILITY MARGINS; STEAM TURBINE POWER PLANTS; TORSIONAL COMPONENTS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DAMPING; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); GAS DYNAMICS; MARINE ENGINES; MASS TRANSFER; STEAM POWER PLANTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 77955258320     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2812339     Document Type: Article

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