An investigation of the failure of low pressure steam turbine blades

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Mukhopadhyay, N K ^a   Ghosh Chowdhury, S ^a   Das, G ^a   Chattoraj, I ^a   Das, S K ^a   Bhattacharya, D K ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Thermal power plant; Turbine blade failure; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BRAZING; CORROSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CYCLIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MACHINE VIBRATIONS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STEAM TURBINES; STEEL; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BEACH MARKS; PHYSICAL DISCONTINUITY; STRIATIONS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FAILURE; FATIGUE; STEAM TURBINE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0344061592     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(98)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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