Aeroelastic Design of Turbine Blades IIADTurBII |
Rolls-Royce plc is a global company with 42,000 employees, the majority of whom are based in Europe. It has facilities in 14 countries dedicated to meeting present and future requirements of civil aerospace, defence and energy markets. Its core gas turbine technology has created one of the broadest product ranges of aero engines in the world, with 55,000 engines in service with 300 airlines, 2,400 corporate and utility operators and more than 100 armed forces, powering both fixed wing and rotary aircraft. In addition, more than 30 navies use Rolls-Royce propulsion. Energy markets include the oil and gas industry and power generation.
Rolls-Royce, the pioneer of gas turbine technology for aerospace, power generation and marine propulsion, is today involved in the major future programmes in these fields, including the very successful Trent family of Civil aero and industrial engines.
As a World-leading manufacturer of gas turbines RR has great interest in maintaining and improving its competitiveness by exploiting technology generated by research projects such as ADTurBII. In particular, the information generated in this project is essential for validating new forced response prediction tools a vital part of the overall design system that will allow more efficient blading designs & improved reliability in service.
The RR part in the project will be mainly project management, design activity and technical guidance, roles for which they are well suited. Personnel directly involved will be senior engineers with many years experience in turbine blading design & methods development that have also had leading roles in a previous Brite project (ADTurB).