turbine blades
“Intelligent” turbines for green energy from tidal water power
Fluid flow engineers and electrical engineers are jointly developing turbine blades with special integrated drives Tidal hydroelectric power plants of the future will be able to generate “green” electricity significantly…
New smart materials could open new research field
A group of new smart materials discovered by researchers at Texas A&M University and their colleagues has the potential to significantly improve the efficiency…
Creatively Additive: The LZH at the Hannover Messe 2018
The LZH develops and optimizes special processes for established materials as well as special materials. The scientists of the LZH conduct research on both…
New optical method pinpoints weak spots in jet engine thermal coatings
Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that an optical analysis method can reveal weak areas in ceramic thermal barrier coatings that protect jet…
Digital Simulations for Real World Engines and Turbines: FVV awards Hans Dinger Prize 2016
The 2016 award went to Lukas Berger, RWTH Aachen University, who studied in his master thesis the formation of soot emissions in aircraft gas turbine engines…
Stronger turbine blades with molybdenum silicides
Gas turbines are the engines that generate electricity in power plants. The operating temperatures of their combustion systems can exceed 1600 °C. The…