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← ScienceWhich risk increases when turbines operate beyond design speed?
A)Blade resonance and catastrophic failure✓
B)Decreased thermal efficiency overall
C)Increased fuel consumption proportionally
D)Elevated NOx exhaust gas emissions
💡 Explanation
Excessive speeds excite blade vibration close to resonant frequencies which initiate metal fatigue; structural failure rapidly follows because the mechanism of blade resonance intensifies the effects of the cyclic stress. Therefore, blade failure goes up rather than the efficiency dropping under mild speed increase.
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