The blade thickness in a turbine blade of a gas turbine engine is the dimension that extends perpendicular to both the blade’s length and width. It represents how thick the blade is at a particular cross-section.
The formula to calculate the blade thickness is as follows:
- Blade Thickness is the thickness of the turbine blade, typically measured in meters (m) or millimeters (mm).
- Maximum Thickness is the maximum thickness of the blade at a specific cross-section, measured perpendicular to both the length and width of the blade, in the same unit as the blade thickness.
- Minimum Thickness is the minimum thickness of the blade at that same cross-section, measured in the same way and unit as the maximum thickness.