Failure of the Universal Joint on the Actuating link road on the Actuating Link Road of an undercarriage in an AN-32 Aircraft

Raghuram, AC and Radhakrishnan, S and Krishnan, RV and Ramachandran, V (1988) Failure of the Universal Joint on the Actuating link road on the Actuating Link Road of an undercarriage in an AN-32 Aircraft. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.

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Abstract

In an AN-32 aircraft, the universal joint on the actuating link rod of the inboard door of the starboard undercarriage was found broken. Fractography revealed that this universal: joint had fractured due to a preexisting fatigue crack coupled with overload.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Undercarriage, link rod, universal joint, aluminium alloy, fatigue failure
Subjects: CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS > Chemistry and Materials (General)
Depositing User: Ms Indrani V
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2012 04:36
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2012 04:36
URI: http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/id/eprint/10671

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