SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE GEOMETRY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF TURBINE BLADES

Abstract

A system including a processor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to obtain a point cloud of a turbine blade, the point cloud comprising data points corresponding to locations on an external contour of the turbine blade, generate an external mesh for the turbine blade based on the point cloud, define a reference axis along a length of the turbine blade, generate sampling planes along a length of the reference axis, each sampling plane being normal to the reference axis and having a shape defined by those portions of the external mesh intersecting the sampling plane, match each sampling plane to an airfoil profile in a database of known airfoil profiles, and create a geometrical representation of the turbine blade by placing the airfoil profiles on the reference axis and connecting the perimeter of each of the airfoil profiles.

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