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← ScienceWhich risk increases when a turbine stage operates under off-design expansion ratios?
A)Compressor surge onset increases rapidly
B)Bearing preload reversals grow severe
C)Boundary layer separation intensifies severely✓
D)Combustion instability initiates spontaneously
💡 Explanation
Boundary layer separation risk emerges on turbine blades because adverse pressure gradients intensify under off-design conditions; therefore flow can’t negotiate the blade’s surface, rather than surge which impacts compressors or combustion instability from fuel mixture irregularities under other conditions.
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