... rotor/stator interactions blade-tip/casing contacts abradable coating test bench numerical simulations Structural contact interactions between blades and their surrounding casing can lead to failure scenarios within aircraft engines' compressor or turbine stages [ 1 ]. Today, the occurrence...

.... Among others, the SR-30 engine from Turbine Technology Ltd. Chetek, WI was chosen. It consists of a single spool, single flow engine with a centrifugal compressor, a reversed combustion chamber, an axial turbine, and a fixed convergent nozzle. This engine was installed on a test bench allowing...