Modeling of thermal effects when investigating the thermal fatigue life of the blades of a gas-turbine engine

Problems associated with the modeling of the thermal state of gas turbine blades during testing on a gasdynamic test stand are discussed with emphasis on those cases where similarity of the boundary conditions of heat transfer cannot be achieved. A blading design method is proposed which makes it possible to obtain thermal and stressed states close to those observed under actual service conditions in the regions of thermal stress concentration. The required local heat flows are achieved by programmed control of the gas flow temperature.