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Volumetric Geometry Reconstruction of Turbine Blades for Aircraft Engines

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We present a framework for generating a trivariate B-spline parametrization of turbine blades from measurement data generated by optical scanners. This new representation replaces the standard patch-based representation of industrial blade designs. In a first step, the blade surface is represented by a smoothly varying family of B-spline curves. In a second step, the blade is parametrized by a trivariate B-spline volume. The resulting model is suitable for numerical simulation via isogeometric analysis, as well as for a fully automatic structured mesh generation with standard finite elements. We focus on the industrial applicability of the framework, by using standard turbine blade features throughout the process.

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  1. MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Munich, Germany

    David Großmann

  2. Institute of Applied Geometry, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Bert Jüttler

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  1. INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902, Sophia Antipolis, France

    Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

  2. Laboratoire LJK, University Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38420, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    Patrick Chenin

  3. Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

    Albert Cohen

  4. Laboratoire de Mathématiques, INSA Rouen, Avenue de l’Université, 76800, St. Etienne du Rouvray, France

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  5. University of Oslo, DMA, Blindern, P.O.Box 1053, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Tom Lyche

  6. Laboratoire LJK, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    Marie-Laurence Mazure

  7. Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 37240, Nashville, TN, USA

    Larry Schumaker

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Großmann, D., Jüttler, B. (2012). Volumetric Geometry Reconstruction of Turbine Blades for Aircraft Engines. In: Boissonnat, JD., et al. Curves and Surfaces. Curves and Surfaces 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6920. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27413-8_18

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