Tip clearance

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

• Gas turbine: Rotor blade and casing

{{cite book

|last= Boyce

|first= Meherwan P.

|title=Gas turbine engineering handbook

|url= https://archive.org/details/gasturbineengine0000boyc

|url-access= registration

|quote= gas turbine tip clearance.

|accessdate=2009-03-16

|year=2002

|publisher= Gulf Professional Publishing

|isbn=0-88415-732-6

|page=[https://archive.org/details/gasturbineengine0000boyc/page/365 365]

}}

• Propeller (ship or aircraft): Propeller and structure

{{cite book

|last= Breslin

|first= John P.

|author2=Poul Andersen

|title=Hydrodynamics of Ship Propellers

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yV2QSl92TzcC&q=propeller+%22tip+clearance%22&pg=PA424

|accessdate=2009-03-16

|year=1996

|publisher= Cambridge University Press

|isbn=0-521-57470-6

|page=424

}}

• Ground tip clearance [http://www.flightsimaviation.com/data/FARS/part_23-925.html]
• Wind turbine: blade and tower

{{cite book

|last= Burton

|first= Tony

|author2=David Sharpe |author3=Nick Jenkins |author4=Ervin Bossanyi

|title=Wind Energy Handbook

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4UYm893y-34C&q=%22tip+clearance%22+%22wind+turbine%22+tower&pg=PA464

|accessdate=2009-03-16

|year=2001

|publisher= John Wiley and Sons

|isbn=0-471-48997-2

|page=464

}}