Fatigue life prediction and failure analysis of a gas turbine disc using the finite-element method

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 849-860

  Claudio R A ^a   Branco, C M ^b   Gomes, E C ^b   Byrne, J ^c   Harrison, G F ^d   Winstone, M R ^e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^e DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysfunction criteria; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; Gas turbine disc; J integral; Life prediction

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS TURBINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DYSFUNCTION CRITERIA; GAS TURBINE DISC; LIFE PREDICTION; NOTCH ROOT;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 4143100238     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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