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Design Information for Improved Disc Life and Clearance Control

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Submitting institution

University of Sussex

Unit of assessment

12 - Engineering

Summary impact type

Technological

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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?

Yes

Underpinning research subjects

Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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2. Underpinning research

3. References to the research

4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number	Value of grant
G1075; G1074	£919,843
BRPR-CT97-0553	£414,629
G4RD-CT-2001-0	£548,340
P5CT2006030876	£247,651
200-18-14016209	£40,938
20018-14016208	£34,688

Countries

USA/EUROPE
Europe/USA
Europe/USA
Europe/USA
UK, USA
UK, USA

Formal partners

GE Aviation
GE Aviation
GE Aviation

Funding programmes

GE Aviation – Purge Rig; Multiple Cavity Rig
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Within Rotating Internal Cooling Air System of Gas Turbines (ICAS-GT)
Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer within the Rotating Internal Cooling Air Systems of Gas Turbines
New Aero Engine Core concepts: NEWAC
Heat transfer and flow in compressor disk cavitie
Rotor stator cavity rim seal ingestion

Name of funders

GE Aviation
European Union
European Union
European Union
GE Aviation
GE Aviation