Pump impeller failures - a compendium of case studies

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-156

  Van Bennekom, A ^a   Berndt, F ^b   Rassool, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BRONZE; CAVITATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; METAL CASTING; ROTORS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; WEAR OF MATERIALS; PUMPS;

PUMP IMPELLERS;

PUMPS; ROTORS;

PUMP IMPELLERS;

CASING; CAVITATION DAMAGE; DEFECT; IMPELLER; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; PUMP FAILURE;

EID: 0035297717     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(99)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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