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← ScienceWhich risk increases when turbine blades in a jet engine experience significant surface roughness?
A)Reduced compressor stall margin
B)Elevated rotor-stator interaction noise
C)Decreased turbine disc creep life
D)Increased blade fatigue cracking rate✓
💡 Explanation
Surface roughness increases local stress concentrations; this accelerates crack initiation because fatigue cracking grows through crack tip plastic deformation. This leads to faster blade failure, therefore increasing fatigue cracking, rather than compressor stall issues under reduced performance conditions.
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