INVESTIGATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF AN AIRCRAFT OIL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONAL USE IN THE FIELD

Abstract

Data was gathered from those organizations on the North American Continent which have performed sufficient oil analyses to provide statistically significant information. Met content of the lubricating oil for Curtiss Wright Type R1820-86 piston engines is compared to engine failures. A survey of methods for the determination of metal content is given. Several potentially practical methods for field measurements appear to exist. An ''in-flight'' measurement of metal content to provide a warning of imminent failure would be very useful. An approximate analysis of the effect of small metal particles in the magnetic field of an inductor indicates that metal concentrations of the order of 100 parts per million will be detectable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0411400

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircrafts
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Gamma Rays
  • Government Procurement
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Piston Engines
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Turbines
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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