This slide presentation reviews the failure analysis of a fractured poppet from a flow control valve (FCV) used on the space shuttle. This presentation has focused on the laboratory analysis of the failed hardware. The use of Scanning electron fractography during the investigation led to the conclusion that the poppet failed due to fatigue cracking that, most likely, occurred under changing loading conditions. The initial investigation led to a more thorough test of poppets that had been retired, this testing led to the conclusion that the thumbnail cracks in the flight hardware had existed for the life of the shuttle program. This led to a program to develop an eddy current technique that was capable of detecting small very tight cracks.


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    Titel :

    Failure Analysis of Fractured Poppet from Space Shuttle Orbiter Flow Control Valve


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Aircraft Airorthiness and Sustainment Conference ; 2010 ; Austin, TX, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    10.05.2010


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch