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Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 June 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.aero.c0091727
EISBN: 978-1-62708-217-4
... featureless quasi-cleavage appearance without typical stress-corrosion features. The adjacent material was ductile and within chemistry. Fig. 1 Stress-corrosion cracking of a solution-treated and aged Ti-6Al-4V Apollo service propulsion system (SPS) fuel pressure vessel during a system checkout test...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 3
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v03.c9001794
EISBN: 978-1-62708-241-9
... Abstract The drive shaft in a marine propulsion system broke, stranding a large vessel along the Canadian seacoast. The shaft was made from quenched and tempered low-alloy steel. Fractographic investigation revealed that the shaft failed under low rotating-bending variable stress. Fatigue...
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Published: 01 January 2002
Fig. 50 Stress-corrosion cracking of a solution-treated and aged Ti-6Al-4V Apollo service propulsion system (SPS) fuel pressure vessel during a system checkout test. Fluid test medium was methanol. (a) Cross section adjacent to weld in cracked vessel. 65×. (b) Another crack near the same weld More
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Published: 01 June 2019
Fig. 1 Stress-corrosion cracking of a solution-treated and aged Ti-6Al-4V Apollo service propulsion system (SPS) fuel pressure vessel during a system checkout test. Fluid test medium was methanol. (a) Cross section adjacent to weld in cracked vessel. 65×. (b) Another crack near the same weld More
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Published: 15 January 2021
Fig. 63 Micrographs of cross sections prepared adjacent to a weld in the Ti-6Al-4V Apollo service propulsion system fuel pressure vessel that failed during a hydrostatic test using methanol. (a) Cross section adjacent to weld in cracked vessel. (b) Another crack near the same weld. Original More
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 June 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.aero.c0091726
EISBN: 978-1-62708-217-4
.... Recommendations included revising the specification to require a minimum NO content of 0.6%. Nitrogen dioxide Pressure vessels Propellant tanks Ti-6Al-4V UNS R56406 Stress-corrosion cracking Nitrogen tetroxide, a storable hypergolic oxidizer, was used in the service propulsion system (SPS...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 1
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 1992
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v01.c9001033
EISBN: 978-1-62708-214-3
.... Engine components Propulsion systems Space flight Wire mesh 304 UNS S30400 Fatigue fracture Background A Stirling engine was examined after an aborted test run. It was discovered that the individual regenerator screens had suffered substantial damage. Applications The Stirling engine...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 3
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v03.c9001793
EISBN: 978-1-62708-241-9
.... A Smart Way of Using a Controllable Pitch Propeller , Kamome Propeller 4. SCP Controllable Pitch Propeller—Application-Oriented Propulsion Systems , Schottel Schiffsmachinen GmbH 5. Appendix A—Controllable Pitch Propeller Hydraulic Oil: Nature of Discharge, Phase I Final Rule and Technical...
Series: ASM Handbook Archive
Volume: 11
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 January 2002
DOI: 10.31399/asm.hb.v11.a0003514
EISBN: 978-1-62708-180-1
... equipment. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded a significant effort to develop and apply probabilistic methods to space hardware. The Probabilistic Structures Analysis Methods for Select Space Propulsion System Components program developed analytical techniques...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 2
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 1993
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v02.c9001363
EISBN: 978-1-62708-215-0
... Abstract An accidental overspeed condition during wind tunnel testing resulted in the destruction of a propeller rotor The occurrence was initially attributed to malfunction in the collective pitch control system. All fractured parts in the system were inspected. Highly suspect parts, including...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 3
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 2019
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v03.c9001827
EISBN: 978-1-62708-241-9
... (cast cobalt-base superalloy) Introduction The gas turbine is a versatile source of shaft or propulsion power in a growing number of applications. It can be used in several modes in critical industries, such as power generation, oil and gas, process plants, aviation, as well as smaller related...
Series: ASM Handbook
Volume: 11
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 15 January 2021
DOI: 10.31399/asm.hb.v11.a0006785
EISBN: 978-1-62708-295-2
... and residential plumbing systems, SCC can occur in brass plumbing components that are used in a hard temper condition or that have residual stresses from final finishing, such as rolled threads. Stainless steel clamps used in residential cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems exhibit SCC when moisture...
Series: ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories
Volume: 1
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 December 1992
DOI: 10.31399/asm.fach.v01.c9001031
EISBN: 978-1-62708-214-3
...-temperature reaction between liquid hydrogen (LH) and liquid oxygen (LOX) that produces the thrust required for propulsion. To maintain low operating temperatures, NARloy-Z, a material with high thermal conductivity, is used for the liner, with cooling channels machined into it through which LH is pumped...
Series: ASM Handbook Archive
Volume: 11
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 01 January 2002
DOI: 10.31399/asm.hb.v11.a0003553
EISBN: 978-1-62708-180-1
... mechanical tests. Microscopically, the fracture mode for SCC is usually different from the fracture mode for plane-strain fractures in the same alloy. There appears to be a threshold stress below which SCC does not occur, at least in some systems. The passage of time has not negated...
Series: ASM Handbook
Volume: 11A
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 30 August 2021
DOI: 10.31399/asm.hb.v11A.a0006803
EISBN: 978-1-62708-329-4
... was used by the American Petroleum Institute to design offshore structures ( Ref 16 ). The most significant changes since 2002 have been the development and application of probabilistic analysis methods in predicting the system reliability of structural and mechanical systems in time-variant...
Series: ASM Handbook
Volume: 11
Publisher: ASM International
Published: 15 January 2021
DOI: 10.31399/asm.hb.v11.a0006787
EISBN: 978-1-62708-295-2
... of reliability and increased economic costs. A failure investigation can determine the primary cause(s) of materials, components, or system degradation. Based on the analysis, corrective action to mitigate or eliminate future failures can be initiated. Analysis of the failure always begins...