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Turbine Engine Rotor Blade Damage Detection Through The Analysis Of Vibration Of Stationary Components, Jon Rylan Cox
Turbine Engine Rotor Blade Damage Detection Through The Analysis Of Vibration Of Stationary Components, Jon Rylan Cox
Doctoral Dissertations
Rotor blade fault detection and health monitoring systems are crucial for gas turbine engine testing and evaluation. The most commonly used techniques involve monitoring blades directly using strain gages, or drilling optical access holes in the engine casing for non-contact probes to monitor blade deflection and vibration. In this work, less intrusive, indirect techniques for rotor blade fault detection are developed, based on the hypotheses that the vibratory response of stationary components excited by the rotor blade dynamic pressure pulse can be used to detect the presence, location, and severity of rotor blade damage and changes in rotor blade natural …