Study on the root causes for the premature failure of an aircraft turbine blade

A study on the root causes of the premature failure of a set of blades belonging to the high pressure turbine of an aircraft engine has been carried out. These blades were manufactured using a precipitation hardened nickel base alloy. The study consisted in a fractographic analysis by scanning elect...

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Published in:	Engineering failure analysis Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 639 - 647
Main Authors:	Silveira, E., Atxaga, G., Erauzkin, E., Irisarri, A.M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-03-2009
Subjects:	Microstructure Nickel base alloy Thermo-mechanical fatigue Turbine blades Thermo-mechanical fatigue Turbine blades Nickel base alloy Microstructure
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