Abradable coatings are specialised, sacrificial materials applied within gas turbine casings to ensure minimal clearance between rotating blades and the casing. Their unique design allows the coating ...

CVD coatings can be applied with such precision and consistency that designers can tighten tolerances even on intricate internal passages on components such as this turbine blade. Design engineers ...

As offshore wind energy development accelerates in much of the world, its infrastructure must be designed to endure. Unlike offshore oil and gas platforms, which are often manned and accessible for ...

Ytterbium silicide (Yb-Si) is a promising coating material for the high-temperature sections of aircraft gas turbine engines. Although Yb-Si is heat-resistant and prevents formation of structurally ...

The stator vanes and rotor blades used in high-pressure gas turbines represent some of the world’s most highly loaded engineering components 1. Gas turbines reach tens of thousands of revolutions per ...

A University of Virginia-led research team has developed new protective coatings that allow turbine engines to run at higher temperatures before components begin to fail. “Hotter engines are more ...

Scientists investigate oxidative reactions in ytterbium silicide, a heat-resistant coating, to improve heat efficiency in aircraft gas turbine engines Certain sections of aero gas-turbine engines, ...