Failure analysis of exhaust pipe of a MICROLITE aircraft
IR@NAL: CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
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Failure analysis of exhaust pipe of a MICROLITE aircraft
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Sujata, M
Bhaumik, SK |
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Aeronautics (General)
Chemistry and Materials (General) |
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| Description |
The exhaust pipe of the MICROLITE aircraft has failed by fatigue. Fatigue crack has initiated at the smaller tube – weld interface on the outer surface of the exhaust tube and propagated progressively along the circumference to about 45 mm length before culminating in overload fracture. No weld and/or metallurgical abnormalities were found responsible for fatigue crack initiation. Fatigue is of high cycle – low stress type and is stress related. The most probable reason for fatigue crack initiation appears to be assembly stresses.
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National Aerospace Laboratories
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2004
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Proj.Doc/Technical Report
NonPeerReviewed |
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| Identifier |
Sujata, M and Bhaumik, SK (2004) Failure analysis of exhaust pipe of a MICROLITE aircraft. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.
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http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/9731/
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