Abstract: Creep is an important factor that contributes to the clamp load loss and tightness failure of bolted joints with and without gaskets over time. Retightening of the joint can be expensive and time consuming; therefore, it ...

Abstract: The inside-out ceramic turbine (ICT), a novel microturbine rotor architecture, has an air-cooled ring, which keeps its composite rotating structural shroud within operating temperature. The cooling ring must achieve a ...