Structural integrity assessment of a low pressure turbine with transverse cracking

M.Ing. === This dissertation deals with the structural integrity analysis of a low pressure (LP) turbine with transverse cracking. Cracks are initiated in the centre ring keyway of the shaft by a fretting mechanism and propagate during barring operation. The cracks arrest during normal operation whe...

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Main Author: Nel, Willem Petrus
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2175