Failure analysis of the main rotor grip of a civil helicopter

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Lourenco N J ^a   Von Dollinger, C F A ^a   Graca M L A ^a   de Campos, P P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Aircraft failures; Corrosion; Failure analysis; Fatigue failure

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HELICOPTERS; ROTORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FATIGUE FAILURE; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

CORROSION; HELICOPTER; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; ROTOR;

EID: 7444246745     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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