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ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air
June 6–9, 2005
Reno, Nevada, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- International Gas Turbine Institute
ISBN:
0-7918-4727-6
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Unsteady Fluid Structure Interaction in a Turbine Blade
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla,
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
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Shantaram S. Pai,
Shantaram S. Pai
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
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Isaiah Blankson,
Isaiah Blankson
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
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Srinivas C. Tadepalli,
Srinivas C. Tadepalli
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
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Sreekantha Reddy Gorla
Sreekantha Reddy Gorla
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
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Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Shantaram S. Pai
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Isaiah Blankson
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Srinivas C. Tadepalli
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Sreekantha Reddy Gorla
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Paper No:
GT2005-68157, pp. 579-588; 10 pages
Published Online:
November 11, 2008
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Reddy Gorla, RS, Pai, SS, Blankson, I, Tadepalli, SC, & Reddy Gorla, S. "Unsteady Fluid Structure Interaction in a Turbine Blade." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. Volume 4: Turbo Expo 2005. Reno, Nevada, USA. June 6–9, 2005. pp. 579-588. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2005-68157
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