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Forum: Tech Log

16th Jul 2017, 01:02

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How do you make a GE90 fan blade

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Rotor lock is nearly always the result of thermal...

Rotor lock is nearly always the result of thermal shock - the trick is to design things so to avoid the occurrence of thermal shock.
As long as thermal shock is avoided, the design of the engine...

Forum: Tech Log

15th Jul 2017, 00:06

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How do you make a GE90 fan blade

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Posted By tdracer

Megan, there has been a little progress in the...

Megan, there has been a little progress in the design of turbine engines since the J-58 was designed 60 years ago...

Forum: Tech Log

14th Jul 2017, 17:54

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How do you make a GE90 fan blade

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Volume, you need to brush up on how the 787 is...

Volume, you need to brush up on how the 787 is made - large, complex one piece composite pieces that are autoclaved then bolted together for final assembly. What you're describing is closer to how...

Forum: Tech Log

6th Jul 2017, 04:43

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How do you make a GE90 fan blade

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Posted By tdracer

Back around 2005, I was at the GE Customer...

Back around 2005, I was at the GE Customer Training Center in Evandale (outside Cincinnati) for a meeting. They'd moved the GE history of turbine engine 'museum' there (it had been in the basement...

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