scholarly journals Crack-Detection Experiments on Simulated Turbine Engine Disks in NASA Glenn Research Center's Rotordynamics Laboratory

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Woike ◽  
Ali Abdul-Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Crack Detection ◽  
Turbine Engine

A Tool for Probabilistic Damage Tolerance of Hole Features in Turbine Engine Rotors

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Enright ◽  
R. Craig McClung ◽  
Wuwei Liang ◽  
Yi-Der Lee ◽  
Jonathan P. Moody ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Detection ◽  
Damage Tolerance ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Turbine Engine

Over the past two decades, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the aircraft engine industry (organized through the Rotor Integrity Sub-Committee (RISC) of the Aerospace Industries Association) have been developing enhanced life management methods to address the rare but significant threats posed by undetected material or manufacturing anomalies in high-energy rotating components of gas turbine engines. This collaborative effort has led to the release of several FAA advisory circulars providing guidance for the use of probabilistic damage tolerance methods as a supplement to traditional safe-life methods. The most recent such document is Advisory Circular (AC) 33.70-2 on “Damage Tolerance of Hole Features in High-Energy Turbine Rotors.” In parallel with this effort, the FAA has also been funding research and development activities to develop the technology and tools necessary to implement the new methods, including a series of grants led by Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®). The most significant outcome of these grants is a probabilistic damage tolerance computer code called DARWIN® (Design Assessment of Reliability With INspection). DARWIN integrates finite element models and stress analysis results, fracture mechanics models, material anomaly data, probability of crack detection, and uncertain inspection schedules with a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) to determine the probability of fracture of a rotor disk as a function of operating cycles with and without inspection. This paper provides an overview of new DARWIN models and features that directly support implementation of the new AC on hole features. The paper also simultaneously provides an overview of the AC methodology itself. Component geometry and stresses are addressed through an interface with commercial three-dimensional finite element (FE) models, including management of multiple load steps and multiple missions. Calculations of fatigue crack growth (FCG) life employ a unique interface with the FE models, sophisticated new stress intensity factor solutions for typical crack geometries at holes, shakedown modules, a menu of common FCG equations, and algorithms to address the effects of varying temperatures on crack growth rates. The primary random variables are based on the default anomaly distributions and probability-of-detection (POD) curves provided directly in the AC. Fracture risk is computed on a per-feature basis using one of several available computational methods including importance sampling, response surface, and Monte Carlo simulation. The approach is illustrated for risk prediction of a representative gas turbine engine disk. The results can be used to gain a better understanding of the AC and how the problem is solved using the probabilistic damage tolerance framework provided in DARWIN.

Embedded Thin-Film Sensor for Crack Detection and Monitoring in Fracture Critical Turbine Engine Components

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Hudak ◽  
B. R. Lanning ◽  
G. M. Light ◽  
K. S. Chan ◽  
J. A. Moryl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Crack Detection ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Component Level ◽  
Damage State ◽  
Film Sensor ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Thin Film Sensor ◽  
Engine Components

The development and implementation of an integrated health management system has the potential to significantly enhance the reliability and readiness of high-value assets, while concurrently decreasing sustainment costs. A key aspect of this approach is on-board sensing to provide continual feedback on the evolving damage state at the material and component level. This paper summarizes the development and status of an embedded, thin-film, wireless, sensor for detecting and monitoring material damage state (i.e., cracking) in critical turbine engine components at elevated temperature. The potential benefits of on-board detection and monitoring of defects, as compared to periodic depot inspections, were previously assessed using probabilistic simulations. These results provided target sensitivities for the development of the thin-film sensor. The status of the sensor system is summarized including its ability to generate elastic waves and detect/monitor fatigue cracks in engineering materials at temperatures to 500°F (260°C). Crack detection sensitivities with and without load application are compared, as well as those for wired versus wireless signal transmission.

Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Crack Detection in Anisotropic Materials

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mattsson ◽  
A. J. Niklasson ◽  
A. Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Crack Detection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Anisotropic Materials

Status of nondestructive control of transport function metal products at JSC EVRAZ NTMK

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-590
Author(s):  
S. P. Bersenev ◽  
E. M. Slobtsova
Keyword(s):  
Crack Detection ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Control Line ◽  
Magnetic Powder ◽  
Nondestructive Control ◽  
Automated Control ◽  
Ultrasonic Control ◽  
Acoustic Contact ◽  
In Series

Achievements in the area of automated ultrasonic control of quality of rails, solid-rolled wheels and tyres, wheels magnetic powder crack detection, carried out at JSC EVRAZ NTMK. The 100% nondestructive control is accomplished by automated control in series at two ultrasonic facilities RWI-01 and four facilities УМКК-1 of magnetic powder control, installed into the exit control line in the wheel-tyre shop. Diagram of location, converters displacement and control operations in the process of control at the facility RWI-01 presented, as well as the structural diagram of the facility УМКК-1. The automated ultrasonic control of rough tyres is made in the tyres control line of the wheel-tyre shop at the facility УКБ-1Д. The facility enables to control internal defects of tyres in radial, axis and circular directions of radiation. Possibilities of the facility УКБ-1Д software were shown. Nondestructive control of railway rails is made at two facilities, comprising the automated control line of the rail and structural shop. The УКР-64Э facility of automated ultrasonic rails control is intended to reveal defects in the area of head, web and middle part of rail foot by pulse echo-method with a immersion acoustic contact. The diagram of rail P65 at the facility УКР-64Э control presented. To reveal defects of the macrostructure in the area of rail head and web by mirror-shadow method, an ultrasonic noncontact electromagnetic-acoustic facility is used. It was noted, that implementation of the 100% nondestructive control into the technology of rolled stuff production enabled to increase the quality of products supplied to customers and to increase their competiveness.

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