Economic Analysis of 3D-Printed Ceramic Cores for GasTurbine Investment Castings
When manufacturing blades and vanes for gas turbine engines, internal cooling channels are formed by investment casting with sacrificial ceramic cores. The hot injection and pressing techniques traditionally used to manufacture ceramic cores have long lead times and high up-front costs, motivating a...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151689 |