Erosion and wear resistant protective structures for turbine engine components Patent uri icon

abstract

  • An erosion resistant protective structure for a turbine engine component comprises a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy includes nickel-titanium based alloys, indium-titanium based alloys, nickel-aluminum based alloys, nickel-gallium based alloys, copper based alloys, gold-cadmium based alloys, iron-platinum based alloys, iron-palladium based alloys, silver-cadmium based alloys, indium-cadmium based alloys, manganese-copper based alloys, ruthenium-niobium based alloys, ruthenium-tantalum based alloys, titanium based alloys, iron-based alloys, or combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing alloys. Also, disclosed herein are methods for forming the shape memory alloy onto turbine component.

author list (cited authors)

  • Gigliotti, M., Hardwicke, C. U., Jiang, L., Short, J. W., Lipkin, D. M., Blank, J. P., & Anand, K.

complete list of authors

  • Gigliotti, MFX||Hardwicke, CU||Jiang, L||Short, JW||Lipkin, DM||Blank, JP||Anand, K

publication date

  • November 2007