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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2006
Changmin Son, Derby, GB;
Peter Ireland, Oxford, GB;
Steven Thorpe, Leicestershire, GB;
Terence Jones, Oxford, GB;
Changmin Son, Derby, GB;
Peter Ireland, Oxford, GB;
Steven Thorpe, Leicestershire, GB;
Terence Jones, Oxford, GB;
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine simulator comprising a simulator rotor disc which has substantially the same maximum external dimensions as a rotor disc and is manufactured from a material which has a density of less than 220 kg/m. The simulator rotor disc is manufactured from a foamed plastic material with a closed cell structure. The simulator rotor disc is provided with a cavity in flow communication with a source of simulator coolant fluid, at least one flow outlet, at least one heater unit and at least one thermocouple mounted within said cavity for the measurement of simulator coolant fluid temperature within said cavity.