Aero Engine Combustor Casing: Experimental Design and Fatigue Studies

Introduction Background and motivation Outline of the book Initial phase of aero engine development Working principle of aero gas turbine engines Critical components of an aero engine Aero engine compressor Aero engine combustion chamber Aero engine turbine Aero engine propelling nozzle Design philosophy of an aero engine combustion chamber Types of combustion chambers in aero engines Complexities in combustion chamber design Materials used for combustion chamber Significant contributions Summary Fatigue Design Philosophy of Aero Engine Combustor Casing Introduction Combustion chamber design Fatigue failure in aero engines Fatigue cycle counting methods Fatigue life evaluation methods Fatigue damage assessment Non destructive testing methods Summary of the design philosophy Important design considerations for combustor casing Summary Development of Test Facility and Test Setup Introduction Airworthiness and certification Description of the test facility and its subsystems Integrations of the subsystems Design and manufacturing of adaptors Summary Manufacturing of an aero engine combustor casing, its experimental evaluation of fatigue life and correlation with numerical results. Introduction Manufacturing method of combustor casing Configuration of the combustor casing Experimental evaluation of fatigue life Mechanical properties of combustor casing material Numerical analysis of the combustor casing Numerical analysis of igniter boss and its correlation with experimental data Results and discussions Summary ? ? Re assessment of Fatigue Life of the Modified Combustor Casing Introduction Modified manufacturing methodology Instrumentation of the modified combustor casing Assembly and trial runs Testing Results and discussion Summary Safety Test on Modified Combustor Casing Introduction The test component details Instrumentation and testing Results and discussion Summary ? Effect of Fatigue on Proof Strength of an Aero Engine Combustor Casing Introduction Metallographic technique in failure analysis Details of the test component Experimental procedure Observation Discussions Summary ? Conclusions Certification and Acceptance of the combustor casing Specific conclusions Scope for further work Reference ...

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