- to perform gas turbine performance simulations, under various atmospheric conditions?
- to optimize your gas turbine or turbomachinery performance?
- to estimate the exhaust emissions and the effect of exhaust emission control methods on gas turbine performance?
- to estimate the generated jet noise and fan noise and the effectivity of acoustic lining material?
- to assess the life of gas turbine parts (e.g. blades)?
- to investigate blade failure or other engine failure?
- to use high temperature materials (thermal barrier coatings, super alloys, CMC)?
- support in engine sustainment?
- a partner closely collaborating with you to develop or evaluate an effective design or analysis?
- For gas turbine performance simulation NLR has developed several in-house tools:
- the Gas turbine Simulation Program (GSP). GSP is under continuous development in close cooperation with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). For GSP visit: http://www.gspteam.com
- for complex CFD analyses for aerodynamic performance, aeroelastic behaviour and aeroacoustics problems:
- eCFD: remote CFD service (https://ecfd.nlr.nl/)
- ENFLOW: in-house developed CFD method of NLR, based on a structured multiblock grid approach, can solve problems with multiple bodies that can be fixed or moving, rigid or flexible.
- Tools to analyse seal performance, investigate the influence of blade refurbishment on engine performance, perform blade vibration studies, and redesign compressor and turbine blading.
- Experience of life assessment and development of repair solutions for engine components
- Knowledge of Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) technology for manufacturing and repair of engine blades
- Extensive experience with, and knowledge of high temperature materials (super alloys, thermal barrier coatings, and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC).
- Deployment and continuous development of methods for engine performance analysis and Engine Condition Trend Monitoring (ECTM)
- Research infrastructure for aeroacoustics testing: engine nacelle and exhaust acoustic liner material
- A multidisciplinary team of specialists in engine performance analysis, thermal and stress analysis, structural integrity analysis, materials engineering and failure analysis.
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- Adjoint method
- Brazing
- Cartesian block decomposition technique
- Ceramic matrix composites (CMC)
- ENDOMO
- ENGRID
- ENSOLV
- Gas path analysis
- Gas turbine aero-elastics
- Gas turbine aerodynamics
- Gas turbine analysis
- Gas turbine CFD
- Gas turbine design
- Gas turbine loads
- Gas turbine optimization
- Gas turbine performance and design
- Gas turbine simulation programme (GSP)
- Gas turbine vibration
- Gas turbines
- Inverse design
- Manufacturing processes
- Performance simulation
- Remaining life analysis
- Seal technology
- Structured multi-block grid generation method
- Super alloys
- Thermal barrier coatings
- Time-dependent Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes flow
- Turbomachinery aero-elastics
- Turbomachinery aerodynamics
- Turbomachinery analysis
- Turbomachinery CFD
- Turbomachinery design
- Turbomachinery loads
- Turbomachinery optimization
- Turbomachinery vibration
- Welding
- X-LES