Failure analysis of the combat jet aircraft rudder shaft |
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Authors: | Dragan Trifkovic Slobodan Stupar Srdjan Bosnjak Milorad Milovancevic Branimir Krstic Zoran Rajic Momcilo Dunjic |
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Affiliation: | aUniversity of Defense (Serbia), Military Academy, Generala Pavla Jurisica Sturma 33, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;bUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kraljice Marije 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;cMilitary Technical Institute, Ratka Resanovica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia |
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Abstract: | This paper analyzes failure causes of the combat jet aircraft rudder shaft (RS) which occurred during the flight mission. A finite element method (FEM), utilized to determine the stress state of the RS subjected to hinge moment ultimate load, resulted in the high stress concentration sites around the rivet holes. The longitudinal crack was initiated from the corrosion pit in the zone of the rivet hole, where the fatigue beach marks were observed. The inner surface of the RS was heavily corroded. Moreover, pitting corrosion has destroyed approximately 50% of the wall thickness. Based on the presented results it was concluded that the failure of the RS had a character of fatigue combined with heavy corrosion. Therefore, it is recommended that the RS should be redesigned; the material changed into more corrosion resistant one and the maintenance procedure changed in order to avoid future similar failures. |
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Keywords: | Aircraft failures Shafts Failure analysis Finite element analysis |
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