Along with serving as a warning system, though, the setup could also be used simply to study the behaviour of rotor blades, helping in the design of longer-lasting, better-performing models. Although ...

Steam turbine rotors are susceptible to bending during some operational evolutions, which can lead to excessive vibration and ultimately failure. Rotor bending that results in premature failure of ...

Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 1). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also ...

The 36-ft.-dia. Single Rotor Test rig demonstrated most key OSTR technologies in runs at Victorville Airport in California. Credit: Karem Aircraft For Karem Aircraft, the full-size, 36-ft.-dia. rotor ...

Bell Helicopter revved the engines and turned the rotors this week in the first ground test of its experimental V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft, which is vying for contracts in the Army's "Future ...

The rotor test rig (RVS) operated by the Institute of Flight Systems Technology has a wide range of applications and is an important and globally unique tool. With a total of four different test rigs ...

We4Ce (Almelo, Netherlands), a Dutch rotor blade design and technology supplier, announced completion of end-to-end blade tests in India for a novel 2.5-3-megawatt (MW) rotor blade currently under ...