Development of a Turbine Engine and Compressor Test Rigs for Graduate Level Education and Research

摘要

Two laboratory test rigs were recently constructed at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) for the purpose of providing students inexpensive means to design, test, and evaluate turbine engine components. The cost of construction and operation of the rigs was reduced using additive manufacturing and novel test measurement techniques. Research conducted with the rigs to date has provided students with an improved understanding of the physics of turbine engine component operation from hands on experiments that compliment theories learned in the classroom.