Damage Tolerant Design for Cold-Section Turbine Engine Disks

Abstract

This report describes the development, test evaluation, and refinement of a Damage Tolerant Design System for cold-section turbine engine disks. To substantiate the Design System the 42-month effort included the design and test of a functional replacement 2nd-stage fan disk for the F100 engine. This disk would be able to support a 0.030-inch crack for three maintenance intervals without a rapid fracture failure. The program was totally successful and resulted in a disk design that was three pounds heavier than the Bill of Material (B/M) disk but had over ten times the B/M life even with a 0.030-inch crack in the bolthole and a 0.020 inch elox crack starter in the rim slot. Included in this report are the design criteria and rationale used in creation of the damage tolerant configuration, the testing and analysis methodology, and results as well as recommendations for application and improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107863

Entities

People

  • C. E. Spaeth
  • Chase Cook
  • H. E. Johnson

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Creep
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbines
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design