Gas turbine engine health management: Past, present, and future trends

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Volponi, Allan J ^a  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ELECTRONIC MONITORING; ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS; POWER GENERATION PLANTS;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRCRAFT PLANTS; COSTS; GAS TURBINES; MAINTENANCE; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; THERMODYNAMICS;

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EID: 84891808087     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026126     Document Type: Article

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