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SOME OF OUR SERVICES

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AERODYNAMICS AND FLUID MECHANICS

World-class engineering with world-class people.

RGI capabilities include turbomachinery performance modeling and cycle analysis.

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  • Fans
     

  • Compressors (axial and centrifugal)
     

  • Turbines (axial and radial)
     

  • Combustion systems
     

  • Turbine cooling and heat transfer
     

  • Secondary air systems

MECHANICAL DESIGN AND THERMAL / STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

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​RGI's highly skilled designers and engineers are proficient in:

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  • Stator vanes and rotor blades
     

  • Rotor disks, including integrally bladed rotors (IBRs), shafts, and shaft seals
     

  • Engine static structures, including all major cases
     

  • Mechanical seals (labyrinth, rim, and carbon seals)
     

  • Engine externals, including active clearance control (ACC) systems
     

  • Gearboxes and other mechanical components (bearing compartments, oil systems, etc)
     

  • Test rigs (component, module, engine level)

COMPONENT LIFE PREDICTION

World-class engineering with world-class people.

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Using the latest software and analytical techniques, RGI engineers are accomplished at:

 

  • Mission-based life modeling
     

  • Low cycle, high cycle, and thermal-mechanical fatigue
     

  • Creep and crack propagation
     

  • Engine case containment
     

  • Disk burst analysis

PRELIMINARY ENGINE DESIGN AND CYCLE ANALYSIS

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RGI capabilities include: 

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  • Engine thermodynamic cycle development and performance modeling
     

  • Engine architecture design (component and flow path definitions)
     

  • Preliminary engine weight estimation (sub-module breakdown)

ROTOR DYNAMICS  AND VIBRATIONS

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RGI's extensive capabilities include:
 

  • Modal analysis of components and assemblies (Campbell diagram)
     

  • Airfoil vibration analysis
     

  • Rotor system dynamic analysis (lateral and torsional)
     

  • Critical speed maps (undamped and damped)
     

  • Forced response analysis (unbalanced)

AEROSTRUCTURES  AND EXTERNALS

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RGI's extensive capabilities include:
 

  • Inlets
     

  • Nacelles & submerged inlets (NACA)
     

  • Radomes and external aircraft stores 
     

  • Exhaust mixing chevron nozzles
     

  • Thrust reversers
     

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REVERSE ENGINEERING

PMA/SAR AND REPAIRS

World-class engineering with world-class tools

Using best practices, RGI redesigns engine replacement parts to meet form, fit and function of original OEM equipment.

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  • All components are designed using the latest analytical tools to improve reliability and compliance to FAA-PMA, DoD-SAR, and local certification authority standards.
     

  • RGI uses Additive Manufacturing for rapid prototyping, rig testing and short production runs.

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  • Improved part availability

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  • Fully qualified component repair schemes

OUR TOOLS

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RGI uses state of the art commercial and proprietary software packages including:

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  • ANSYS CFX

  • SIEMENS UNIGRAPHICS NX

  • ANSYS FLUENT

  • ANSYS BLADEMODELER

  • ANSYS MECHANICAL SUITE

  • NASTRAN

  • CATIA

  • CREO

  • FLOWMASTER

  • NREC - AXCENT

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