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Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Stress Office. Olympus overspeed: B.0L.4 LP compressor....

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/11/2/367

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PA1716/5/11/2/367
Title
Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Stress Office. Olympus overspeed: B.0L.4 LP compressor. Notes on meeting to discuss action to be taken following overspeed tests of first two stages
Date
1 January 1954
Description

Ref: 4096R/4. 1 The overspeed tests had disclosed permanent distortion of the rim of the second stage disc which had heeled in a forward direction. The spacer ring flange had also run on the rear face. At design rpm, dilation of the second stage disc was more than twice that of the first stage

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6a394386-7363-4a40-8674-4bbb1c9a9a15/

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Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited. Stress Office. Olympus overspeed: B.0L.4 LP compressor. Notes on meeting to discuss action to be taken following overspeed tests of first two stages