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Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Mechanical DevelopmentTurbine engines Department:...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/11/2/354

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PA1716/5/11/2/354
Title
Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Mechanical DevelopmentTurbine engines Department: Meeting held to discuss LP compressor failure on Olympus 6D engine No. 604 on Friday 29 APril 1955
Date
3 May 1955
Description

Ref: 4366SR/5. The failure was analysed as follows: 1 Fatigue failure of four 1st stage blades; two blades had fractured through the top root serration; one blade was cracked in the top serration and one cracked in the bottom serration. One fractured blade had fatigued over about one-third of the area of the top serration. 2 Fatigue failures of three 2nd stage blades, one blade had fractured through the top root serration and was also cracked in the bottom serration

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Language
English
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/64ea0f58-252c-4500-bba1-8f6bebf8eb3c/

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Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Mechanical DevelopmentTurbine engines Department: Meeting held to discuss LP compressor failure on Olympus 6D engine No. 604 on Friday 29 APril 1955