Research Article

Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion

Table 1

NASA-designed automotive turbine (TMX-71717) blade geometry.

Blade rowStatorRotor

Pitch (cm)2.0960.5621
Mean chord (cm)2.3111.043
Height (cm)1.1181.105
L.E. radius (cm)0.06350.0331
T.E. radius (cm)0.01910.0191
Number of blades1556