Turbomachinery Erosion and Performance Deterioration Laboratory
300 Rhodes Hall
Center Hill
Director
Dr. Widen Tabakoff
720 Rhodes Hall
(513) 556-3226
(513) 556- 5038 (fax)
email: Widen.Tabakoff (at) UC.edu
Overview
- Erosion Presentation (PDF document - 6.2MB)
- Erosion Presentation (HTML)
- Erosion Presentation (JPGs)
- Description of facilities (PDF document)
- Photos of the Centerhill facilities
Members
- Dr. Awatef Hamed
- Dr. Veselin Shanov
- Russell DiMicco
- Ashraf Mohamed
- George Drensky
Equipment
- Erosion wind tunnels (cold and high temperature)
- Two types of three-dimensional laser facilities
- High speed photographic array
- Microbalances
- Axial compressor (GE) and axial turbine (NASA)
Clients
These labs are state-of-the-art sites for erosion testing and performance deterioration for turbomachinery and other equipment exposed to particulate flows. These facilities were built by Dr. Tabakoff himself and have been in use for many years. Currently they are being used for research in conjunction with testing for the following companies:
- General Electric
- Allison/Rolls-Royce
- NASA
- PraxAir
- Navy Research Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- ExxonMobil
- Siemens Westinghouse
- Honeywell
- United Airlines
Contact
For more information concerning this research facility, please contact the director, Dr. Widen Tabakoff.