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Separation And Vorticity Transport In Massively-Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Flows, Charles Webb
Separation And Vorticity Transport In Massively-Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Flows, Charles Webb
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There is no doubt that nature has existed as the very inspiration for many of technological achievements of today. Flight is no exception though our conventional methods of flight seem to be completely devoid of any flapping modes commonly seen in insects and birds. This is because the unsteady characteristics of natures keen flight capabilities is very difficult to study. However, as our computational and experimental methods of investigation have improved, our imagination again begins to turn to this one aspect of flight that has eluded man thus far. Birds and more specifically insects are capable of flying at such …
Microstructural Characterization And Heat Treatment Of A-286 Turbine Buckets, Christopher Michael Bradley
Microstructural Characterization And Heat Treatment Of A-286 Turbine Buckets, Christopher Michael Bradley
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A-286 is an iron-based superalloy used extensively in land-based gas turbines for 2nd stage (low pressure) buckets and 1st and 2nd stage wheels. Although A-286 may appear to some as just another austenitic stainless steel, its elevated temperature properties are attributed to ' precipitate structures, effective distributions of alloy carbides in the forms of M23C6, M6C and MC, and solid solution strengthening. Unfortunately over the course of these components service lives microstructural degradation develops in the form of η-phase formation. The presence of η-phase, especially in large quantities, can have a negative effect on stress rupture properties. Resistance to creep …