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Turbine blades shape

Thread starter jeromero
Start date Apr 6, 2004

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Apr 6, 2004

jeromero

Mechanical

In some turbochargers the turbine blades have a kind of "groove" in the external edge. It is designed for making a gas turbulence or for another function. I am curious because this "grove" does not appear in other kind of turbochargers.

Thanks,

jeromero