Causes of fatigue failure in the main bearing of an aero-engine

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-144

  Tauqir, A ^a   Salam, I ^a   Ul Haq, A ^a   Khan, A Q ^a  

^a Metallurgy Division Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Aircraft failures; Bearing failure; Engine failures; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL MAIN BEARING; FATIGUE FAILURE;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

AEROSPACE APPLICATION; BEARING; FATIGUE;

EID: 0034065015     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(99)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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