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XV Portuguese Conference on Fracture, PCF 2016, 10-12 February 2016, Paço de Arcos, Portugal Thermo-mechanical modeling of a high pressure turbine blade of an airplane gas turbine engine P. Brandão a , V. Infante b , A.M. Deus c * a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal b IDMEC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal c CeFEMA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal Abstract During their operation, modern aircraft engine components are subjected to increasingly demanding operating conditions, especially the high pressure turbine (HPT) blades. Such conditions cause these parts to undergo different types of time-dependent degradation, one of which is creep. A model using the finite element method (FEM) was developed, in order to be able to predict the creep behaviour of HPT blades. Flight data records (FDR) for a specific aircraft, provided by a commercial aviation company, were used to obtain thermal and mechanical data for three different flight cycles. In order to create the 3D model needed for the FEM analysis, a HPT blade scrap was scanned, and its chemical composition and material properties were obtained. The data that was gathered was fed into the FEM model and different simulations were run, first with a simplified 3D rectangular block shape, in order to better establish the model, and then with the real 3D mesh obtained from the blade scrap. The overall expected behaviour in terms of displacement was observed, in particular at the trailing edge of the blade. Therefore such a model can be useful in the goal of predicting turbine blade life, given a set of FDR data. Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons. rg/licenses/by-nc- /4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of IGF Ex-Co. XXIV Italian Group of Fracture Conference, 1-3 March 2017, Urbino, Italy The numerical modelling of a middle strength rock material under Flexural test by Finite Element method-coupled to-SPH A. Mardalizad a , A. Manes a *, M. Giglio a . a Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Via La Masa, Milan 20156, Italy Abstract Proper fracture assessment of the geological materials, which are highly exposed to hydrostatic loading, is a persistent challenge, in particular when aiming to develop an adequate numerical modelling technique. The mechanical response of a middle strength rock, namely Pietra Serena sandstone, under a Flexural (Four-Point Bending) test is investigated numerically in this study. The FEM-coupled to-SPH numerical technique has been approached in conjunction with an advanced material model implemented in LS-DYNA, namely the Karagozian and Case Concrete (KCC) model. The state of stress is investigated in different parts of the specimen in order to determine the strength of the material and the crack initiation area. The numerical results are finally validated by experimental data to show the reliability of the model. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of IGF Ex-Co. Keywords: Rock; Flexural; ASTM; KCC; FEM; SPH; LS-DYNA 1. Introduction The purpose of this study is to investigate the echanical response of a middle strength rock to a Flexural test, also called Four-Points Bending test, by means of an appropriate numerical modelling technique and validation via a standard experimental testing program. Due to several issues, it is inconvenient to determine the maximum principal © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of PCF 2016. Keywords: High Pressure Turbine Blade; Creep; Finite Element Method; 3D Model; Simulation.

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2452-3216 © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of PCF 2016. Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ). Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of IGF Ex-Co. 10.1016/j.prostr.2017.04.050