Sentences with phrase «jet turbine blades»

Details like the low roofline and quilted leather seats are inspired by the Q80, and the gills behind the front wheel arch are lifted from the Q50 Eau Rouge, with 21 ″ alloys — inspired by jet turbine blades — making the Q60 look planted.

He notes the new technique could someday be used on jet turbine blades, for example, to more accurately assess their integrity and durability.

Not exact matches

The gas turbine operates like a jet engine but drives a generator instead of fan blades.

The technology overlaps are valuable: For example, carbon - fiber - reinforced composites developed for jet - engine fan blades are used in GE's wind - turbine fan blades, and ceramics developed for electricity - generating turbines are used in jet engines.

When evaluating a part, such as a turbine blade inside a hot jet engine, it is important to know how each segment of the blade heats up as hot gases flow around it.

Camci, who has worked on the method since 1989 with Steve Hippensteele of NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, says that liquid crystals have several advantages: «The crystals are available as sheets of Mylar (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic or in liquid form, so that covering an entire piece of equipment, such a s a turbine blade or a jet engine duct, is fairly simple, particularly compared to applying thermocouples.

Inc., which has a manufacturing facility in Livermore and has licensed an LLNL laser technology for peening jet engine fan blades and turbines, and other aircraft structures, in one of the Laboratory's most successful technology commercialization partnerships.

Connecting rods would punch holes in blocks, camshafts would pulverize themselves and bearing inserts would spin like the blades of a jet turbine.

Advancements undertaken by manufacturers include designing taller towers and turbines with longer and lighter blades allowing rotor diameters to exceed 100 meters, larger than the wingspan of the largest commercial jets.