TY - CHAP AU - I. Gurrappa AU - I.V.S. Yashwanth AU - I. Mounika AU - H. Murakami AU - S. Kuroda ED - Gurrappa Injeti Y1 - 2015-02-25 PY - 2015 T1 - The Importance of Hot Corrosion and Its Effective Prevention for Enhanced Efficiency of Gas Turbines N2 - This book presents current research in the area of gas turbines for different applications. It is a highly useful book providing a variety of topics ranging from basic understanding about the materials and coatings selection, designing and modeling of gas turbines to advanced technologies for their ever increasing efficiency, which is the need of the hour for modern gas turbine industries. The target audience for this book is material scientists, gas turbine engine design and maintenance engineers, manufacturers, mechanical engineers, undergraduate, post graduate students and academic researchers. The design and maintenance engineers in aerospace and gas turbine industry will benefit from the contents and discussions in this book.This book presents current research in the area of gas turbines for different applications. It is a highly useful book providing a variety of topics ranging from basic understanding about the materials and coatings selection, designing and modeling of gas turbines to advanced technologies for their ever increasing efficiency, which is the need of the hour for modern gas turbine industries. The target audience for this book is material scientists, gas turbine engine design and maintenance engineers, manufacturers, mechanical engineers, undergraduate, post graduate students and academic researchers. The design and maintenance engineers in aerospace and gas turbine industry will benefit from the contents and discussions in this book. BT - Gas Turbines SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/59124 DO - 10.5772/59124 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-07 ER -