Accession Number:

ADA056310

Title:

Stress Analysis of Ceramic Turbine Blades by Finite Element Method. Part I.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Easterling,Lael Ray

Report Date:

1978-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

117.0

Abstract:

The search for more efficient gas turbine engines has led to the proposal for the replacement of metal high temperature components with ceramic components. Essential to this effort is the numerical analysis of proposed designs. This thesis report describes the model discretization of a proposed blade design, the development of pre- and post-processors for the ADINA finite element code and the initial stress analysis of the modeled blade. Author

Descriptors:

• *STRESS ANALYSIS
• *FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
• *CERAMIC MATERIALS
• *GAS TURBINE BLADES
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• ALGORITHMS
• LOADS(FORCES)
• THESES
• AIRFOILS
• GEOMETRIC FORMS
• REFRACTORY MATERIALS
• CONTOURS
• CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

Subject Categories:

• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Theoretical Mathematics
• Mechanics
• Jet and Gas Turbine Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE