Fretting fatigue in dovetail blade roots: Experiment and analysis

Tribology International

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1277-1285

  Rajasekaran, R ^a   Nowell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dovetail blade roots; Finite element analysis; Fretting fatigue

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRETTING CORROSION; GAS TURBINES;

DOVETAIL BLADE ROOTS; FRETTING FATIGUE; STRESS FIELDS; SURFACE TRACTIONS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 33746594143     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.02.044     Document Type: Article

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