15.6 Turbine sections
15.6 Turbine sections
Quiz
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Gas generator turbine is to absorb approximately ------ percent of the total pressure energy from the exhaust gases ?
- 60 to 70
- 40-50
- 80-90
How many types of turbine are ?
- Two
- Four
- Three
Most turbofan engines have ------?
- Single stage turbine
- Single spool
- Two spools
Signs of -----on the turbine case may indicate the length of turbine blades is out of tolerance ?
- Deformation
- Creep
- Scoring
Visible cracks may range in length from --------?
- One-sixteenth inch downward
- Five to ten inch
- One-sixteenth inch upward
It increases with temperature and can result in observable dimensional changes to the blades ?
- Deformation
- Stress rupture cracks
- Creep
It is caused by over-temperature and appear as waviness and/ or areas of varying airfoil thickness along the leading edge ?
- Creep
- Stress rupture cracks
- Deformation
These usually appear as minute hairline cracks on or across the leading or trailing edge at a right angle to the edge length
- Deformation
- Stress rupture cracks
- Creep
Which technique mostly used for Crack detection, when dealing with the turbine disk and blades ?
- Ultrasonic
- Eddy-current
- Visual
The turbine shaft is usually fabricated from -------?
- Cast iron
- Alloy steel
- Aluminium alloy