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- Report by Armstrong Siddeley Motors Mech Engineering Department: Investigation of 1st row rotor blade failures in Python 5-stage compressor test rig at Whetstone and vibration survey of Python compressor tests
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2 December 1949
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Failure of numerous 1st row blades (SJ.4150A), whilst running at 8,000 rpm, resulting in overspeeding, bursting of compressor rotor and consequent destruction of the rig in the test call at Whetstone on 17 October 1949. Examination of the fractured blades showed that failure was due to fatigue, being situated below the leading edge with the fracture extending across the blade root in the top serration. Fig 1 is a photograph of a rotor fragment showing one of the fatigue fractured blade roots
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- Coventry Archives & Research Centre
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- ASM Python/compressor failure
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- English
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Report by Armstrong Siddeley Motors Mech Engineering Department: Investigation of 1st row rotor blade failures in Python 5-stage compressor test rig at Whetstone and vibration survey of Python compressor tests