The failures of coil springs used in aerospace hardware because of fatigue and stress corrosion are evidence that there are reliability problems with these springs. The obvious and not so obvious origins of these reliability problems are discussed here. (Author)
Coil Spring Failures in Aerospace Hardware
1979
27 pages
Report
No indication
English
Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Helical springs , Springs , Stainless steel , Aerospace craft , Aerospace systems , Fatigue(Mechanics) , Stress corrosion , Failure(Mechanics) , Bending , Coatings , Oxides , Etching , Hooks , Cracks , Switching , Roughness , Cyclic tests , Loads(Forces) , Wire , Reliability , Spacecraft , Surface chemistry , High strength , Tensile strength , Microstructure , Life tests , Coil springs , Interference stresses , Aerospace hardware , Surface roughness , Radial cracks