Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis
Engine Accessory Angle Drive Gear Failure
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Published:1992
Abstract
The failure of an ATAR engine accessory angle drive gear assembly caused an engine flame-out in a Mirage III aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a landing. Stripping of the engine revealed that the bevel gear locating splines (16 NCD 13) had failed. Visual and low-power microscope examination of the spline of the shaft showed evidence of fretting wear debris; similar wear was observed on the splines of the mating bevel gear. It was concluded that the splines had failed by severe fretting wear. Fretting damage was also observed on the shaft face adjacent to the...
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Member Sign InS.R. Lamb, G. Clark, Engine Accessory Angle Drive Gear Failure, Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol 1, Edited By Khlefa A. Esaklul, ASM International, 1992, p 17–19, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.v01.c9001023
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