Research Article

Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion

Table 2

Operating conditions for NASA-designed turbine.

ParametersNASA 1979 design automotive turbine TMX-71717

Inlet total temperature1325 (K)
Inlet total pressure3.92 (atm)
Mass flow rate0.598 (kg/s)
Rotor speed6126.9 (rad/s)
Shaft power22.615 (kW)
Reaction0.8013
Total-to-total polytrophic efficiency %78.5385