Cracking in cargo aircraft main landing gear truck beams due to abusive grinding following chromium plating

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-347

  Eliaz, Noam ^a   Sheinkopf, Haim ^b   Shemesh, Gil ^b   Artzi, Hillel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israel Air Force   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aircraft failures; Design; Landing gear; Non destructive testing; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CHROMIUM PLATING; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTROLYTES; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); MARTENSITE; PITTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHROMIUM COATINGS; LANDING GEAR TRUCK BEAMS; REAR AXLE BORES; TRANSITION RADIUS;

CARGO AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT; CHROMIUM PLATE; CRACKING; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

EID: 13844266395     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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