Investigation of weight-on-wheel switch failure in F-16 aircraft

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 508-519

  Tan, Cher Ming ^a   Ang, Kok Meng ^a   Tay, Liang Huat ^b   Meng, Tan Yeow ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Republic of Singapore Air Force   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aircraft failures; Copper conductors; Electronic device failures; Fatigue; Switch failures

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COPPER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWITCHES; TORSIONAL STRESS; VEHICLE WHEELS; WIRE;

COPPER WIRES; MICRO-SWITCHES; SWITCHING MECHANISM; WEIGHT-ON-WHEELS (WOW);

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; FAILURE;

EID: 17644408996     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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