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Sand-Phobic Turbine Coating Improvements Detailed in U.S. Army Research Lab Paper

A team of researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has detailed industry progress toward developing an optimal sand-phobic thermal barrier coating for gas turbine engines in military and commercial fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. With some commercial and military aircraft often operating over sandy regions, existing engine inlet particle separators are not entirely efficient