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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. © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 1st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials. 1 st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials Editorial Stavros K. Kourkoulis a, *, Dimos Triantis b a Laboratory for Testing and Materials, Sch ol of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens, 157 73, Athens, Greece b Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Ma erials, Univ rsity of West Attica, Greece © 2018 The Authors. Publis ed by Elsevi r Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 1 st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials Keywords: Editorial; Experimental Mechanics of Materials; 1 st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials; Short history of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials Among the most rapidly developing areas of Mechanics is the field of Experimental Mechanics of Materials. This is mainly due to the extended use of novel and innovative techniques for the detection, collection and recording of experimental data, and, also, due to the explosive development of computer science which enables rapid analysis and exploitation of huge amounts of data. On the other hand, the effective implementation of experimental protocols be es incr asingly difficult and expensive, rendering the cooperation of research gr ups of interdisciplinary background absolutely ece ary. In Greec , there are quite a few research groups, which are actively and quite uc cessfully involved in the area of Experimental Mechanics of Materials. Unfortunately, the interaction among these research groups is rather limited, resulting to waste of valuable resources, in both human and financial terms. As a matter of fact, similar experimental protocols are often implemented independently in various research centers, insti tutes or universities. In this context, the establishment of a closer communication and cooperation between the Greek research teams is imp rative. The foundation of the “ Greek So iety of Experimental Mechanics of Materials ” (GSEMM) is a first - even though small - step in this direction. One of the founding objectives of the GSEMM is to strengthen the inter action between the vario s research teams and to disseminate the outcomes of the experimental protocols. © 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. 2452-3216  2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 1st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials. 10.1016/j.prostr.2018.09.001 2452- 3216 © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 1 st International Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials * Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 218419991. E-mail address: amd@tecnico.ulisboa.pt