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Test Method for Inducing Steep Thermal Gradients in Thin-Walled Structures
Award last edited on: 10/9/2008

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$99,961
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
AF073-051
Principal Investigator
Bruce deBeer

Company Information

Test Devices Inc

571 Main Street
Hudson, MA 01749
   (978) 562-6017
   tdi@testdevices.com
   www.testdevices.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Middlesex

Phase I

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Phase I year
2008
Phase I Amount
$99,961
Test Devices, Inc. (TDI) will demonstrate the technical feasibility of and develop a detailed design for a test facility to impose representative steep through-wall temperature gradients, heat flux, and thermo/mechanical loads on turbine airfoils tested outside a running engine. The proposed facility will test actual turbine airfoils and/or specimens of similar material composition and geometry (including TBCs), and provide for representative cooling flows in order to examine the effects of film cooling. The facility will provide the capability to simulate operating strain histories, i.e. Thermal Mechanical Fatigue (TMF), which will be used to make more realistic service life predictions for turbine components.

Keywords:
Turbine, Blade, Durability, Gradient, Tmf, Fatigue, Sustainability, Turbomachinery

Phase II

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Phase II Amount
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