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Tip clearance

Tip clearance is the distance between the tip of a rotating airfoil and a stationary part.Gas turbine: Rotor blade and casingPropeller : Propeller and structure Ground tip clearance Wind turbine: blade and tower

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The inlet of an EJ200, showing rotor and stator blades. The narrow clearance between the rotor (first set of blades) and the casing is visible. source ↗

Tip clearance is the distance between the tip of a rotating airfoil and a stationary part.

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  2. Breslin, John P.; Poul Andersen (1996). Hydrodynamics of Ship Propellers. Cambridge University Press. p. 424. ISBN 0-521-57470-6. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. Burton, Tony; David Sharpe; Nick Jenkins; Ervin Bossanyi (2001). Wind Energy Handbook. John Wiley and Sons. p. 464. ISBN 0-471-48997-2. Retrieved 2009-03-16.