The degradation of a gas turbine engine in operation is inevitable, leading to losses in performance and eventually reduction in engine availability. Several methods like gas path analysis and vibration analysis have been ...

The continuous growth of air transport has raised concerns about global aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise. Industry’s efforts have identified that to reduce future emissions and the impact of aircraft ...

Internet applications have been extended to various aspects of everyday life and offer services of high reliability and security. In the Academia, Internet applications offer useful tools for the remote creation of ...

Nanofluids are advanced type of fluids that are produced by dispersing nanoparticles within a non-dissolving liquid. In heat transfer applications, these suspensions have shown to be superior to conventional heat transfer ...

Gas turbines are comprised of many parts, which are often expensive and required to survive a harsh environment for significant periods (with or without reconditioning). To differentiate between parts, and facilitate ...

The ambitions of the teacher to fully prepare engineering students for the working environment are usually limited by the length of the lecture course. Consequently, few opportunities exist in the learning process for ...

The global oil reserve reduction and the unavailability of easy to reach oil have necessitated the need for oil and gas producers and countries to look into marginal oil and gas fields. These are fields defined as abandoned, ...

The aspects of gas turbine design that are explored herein are focussed on reduction or elimination of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and reduction of noise. There are 3 separate but related investigations. 1. Aero gas ...

Implementation of all or more electric technologies has the potential of improving the performance of a given aircraft. Savings can manifest through improved engine performance, reduced equipment weight and improved secondary ...

The intense global competition in the commercial aviation and power generation industry is placing a significant pressure on minimizing cost while meeting challenging goals in-terms of performance, efficiency, emissions ...