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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. 21st European Conference on Fracture, ECF21, 20-24 June 2016, Catania, Italy Crack propagation behavior in planet gears Francesca Curà a , Andrea Mura a *, Carlo Rosso a a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy Abstract Aim of this work is to investigate crack propagation paths in planet gears for aerospace applications in order to find how gears parameters may affect the crack path and, consequently, may provide information about gears design to avoid catastrophic failures. The research activity has been carried on by means of extended finite element models (XFEM). In particular, the effect of rim thickness (expressed as backup rati ) and crack initiation point on crack paths has been considered. Obtained results have been compared with those available for standard gears, to highlight the different behavior in crack propagation. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Scientific Committee of ECF21. Keywords: Fracture mechanics; crack path; crack propagation; gears; XFEM; speed 1. Introduction In eros a transmissio s planetary gearboxes are mainly used to reduc speed from the engine shaft to the propeller or fan shaft. In these a plica ons, planet g ars are usually supported by roller bearings with the bearing outer race integral to the gear hub. Due to high loads, these components need accurate design, especially about possible failure modes, in order to guarantee the airplane safety. Because of both specific design and shape, this kind of planet gears may be classified as thin rim gears. When a crack nucleates in a thin rim gear, it may cause catastrophic or safe failures. The first case is when the crack propagates through the rim and the second one when the crack propagates through the tooth. In the literature, it is possible to find some works related to the crack propagation path in thin rim gears, but all these works refer to “standard” gears that involve different working and boundary conditions with respect to planet Copyright © 2016 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 ECF21. © 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 © 2016 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 ECF21. 10.1016/j.prostr.2016.06.450