Abstract: The core of a helicopter drivetrain is a complex planetary main gearbox (MGB), which reduces the high input speed generated by the engines in order to provide the appropriate torque to the main rotors and to other auxiliary ...

Abstract: The effect of compressor fouling on the performance of a gas turbine has been the subject of several papers; however, the goal of this paper is to address a more fundamental question of the effect of fouling, which is the ...