Probabilistic analysis of aircraft gas turbine disk life and reliability

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 658-666

  Melis, Matthew E ^a   Zaretsky, Erwin V ^a   August, Richard ^b,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NYMA Inc   (United States)

^c FDC/NYMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DURABILITY; FATIGUE TESTING; GAS TURBINES; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

LOW CYCLE FATIGUE (LCF); SOFTWARE PACKAGE PROBABLE CAUSE;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES;

EID: 0032660969     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5490     Document Type: Article

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