Structural Mechanics, Manufacture and Design Compromise
Ideally, centrifugal compressor impellers have infinitely thin airfoil blades that are infinitely strong, each mounted on an infinitely light rotor. This material would be infinitely easy to machine or cast and infinitely inexpensive. Additionally, it would generate no operating noise, have an infinite life while operating in any environment.
From the very start of the aero-thermodynamic design process, the centrifugal impeller’s material and manufacturing method must be accounted for within the design. Whether it be plastic for a vacuum cleaner blower to aluminum alloy for a turbocharger, steel alloy for an air compressor or titanium alloy for a gas turbine. It is a combination of the centrifugal compressor impeller shape, its operating environment, its material and its manufacturing method that determines the impeller’s structural integrity.
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