Analysis Methods to Control Performance Variability and Costs in Turbine Engine Manufacturing

Few aircraft engine manufacturers are able to consistently achieve high levels of performance reliability in newly manufactured engines. Much of the variation in performance reliability is due to the combined effect of tolerances of key engine components, including tip clearances of rotating compon...

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Main Author: Sheldon, Karl Edward
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32290
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05072001-160537/