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Hot spin-and-burst test methods for aircraft turbine wheels

Disk-strength investigations feature suspension-shaft vibration damping, automatically controlled induction heating through radiation pyrometers, rotating-disk temperature measurement, and unattended operation with a safety-interlock system

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Methods are described for suspension-system vibration damping, automatically controlled induction heating through radiation pyrometers, rotating-disk temperature measurement, and unattended operation with a safety-interlock system.

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Holms, A.G., Repko, A.J. Hot spin-and-burst test methods for aircraft turbine wheels. Experimental Mechanics 1, 185–197 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322959

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