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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. Peer-review under responsibility f the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Symp sium on Fatigue Desig and Materi l Defe ts. 3 rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects, FDMD 2017, 19-22 September 2017, Lecco, Italy Fatigue behaviour of additively-manufactured metallic parts Nima Shamsaei* and Jutima Simsiriwong Laboratory for Fatigue & Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA Abstract An overview on recent research efforts is presented to obtain an understanding on the fatigue behaviour and failure mechanisms of metallic parts fabricated via powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes, including direct energy deposition (DED) and powder bed fusion (PBF) methods, utilizing either laser or electron beam as an energy source. Some challenges inherent to characterizing the mechanical behaviour of AM metals under cyclic loading are discussed, with emphasis on the effects of residual stress s on their f tigue resistance. In addition, an aspect pertaining to the structural integrity of M parts rel ting to their fatigue behaviour at very high cycles is presented and compared with those of the conventionally-manufactured counterparts. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects. Keywords: Additive manufacturing (AM); Fatigue; Microstructure; Failure mechanisims; Residual stress; Very high cycle fatigue 1. Introduction Additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining significant attention i various industries, such as aer space, automotive, and biomedical, due to its many unique advantages specifically the ability to fabricate customized and complex parts that are often unobtainable with conventional manufacturing methods 1-3 . Despite the fact that AM technologies have been continued to demonstrate many potentials, the mechanical behaviour, and in particular the fatigue behaviour, of 3 rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects, FDMD 2017, 19-22 September 2017, Lecco, Italy Fati ue behaviour of additively-manufactured metallic parts Nima Shamsaei* and Jutima Simsiriwong Laboratory for Fatigue & Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA bstract An overview on recent research efforts is presented to obtain an understanding on the fati ue behaviour and failure mechanisms of metallic parts fabricated via powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes, including direct energy deposition (DED) and powder bed fusion (PBF) met ods, utilizing either laser or electro beam as an energy s urce. S me ch llenges inherent t characterizing the mechanical behaviour of AM metals under cyclic loading are discussed, with emphasis on the effects of residual stresses on their fatigue resistance. In addition, an aspect pertaining to the structural integrity of AM parts relating to their fatigue behaviour at very high cycles is presented and compared with those of the conventionally-manufactured counterparts. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects. Keywords: Additive manufacturing (AM); Fatigue; Microstructure; Failure mechanisims; Residual stress; Very high cycle fatigue 1. Introduction A ditive manufacturing (AM) is gaining sig ific nt attentio in various in ustries, such as aerospace, automotive, and biomedical, due to its many unique advantages specifically the ability to fabricate customized and complex parts that are often unobtainable with conventional manufacturing methods 1-3 . Despite the fact that AM technologies have been continued to demonstrate many potentials, the mechanical behaviour, and in particular the fatigue behaviour, of © 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 Copyright  2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects. 10.1016/j.prostr.2017.11.053