nonabradable
adjEtymology From non- + abradable.
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Not abradable.
- They are generally nonabradable, so that rubs result in blade tip wear; and this further aggravates the blade tip clearance problem.1980, Robert C. Bill, Preliminary Study of Methods for Providing Thermal Shock Resistance to Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Gas-Path Seals, page 1:
- The acceleration is not shown because the nonabradable shroud peak stress occurred during deceleration.1986, Harold E. Helms, Ceramic Applications in Turbine Engines, page 154:
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- In their view, theoretically at least there is a case for using a flexible but nonabradable surface to interface with bone at the acetabulum [71, 181].2012, E. Morscher, Endoprosthetics, page 159: