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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.4.164

The quality improvement study on the crack of heat exchanger lubricating oil port in military aircraft  

Park, Sung-Jae (Defence Agency for Technology and Quality)
Choi, Jae-Ho (Defence Agency for Technology and Quality)
Choi, Gil-Gyu (Korea Aerospace Industries, LTD)
Lee, Dong-Ki (Korea Aerospace Industries, LTD)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.4, 2020 , pp. 164-172 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fuel oil/heat exchanger installed in military aircraft is a device that cools the lubricant oil supplied to other devices, such as an AMAD, and a hydraulic pump using the low temperature of the fuel is cracked at the AMAD lubricant inlet port. If a crack in the heat exchanger occurs, the lubricant oil supplied to other equipment is not cooled. Therefore, the flight can no longer be performed. In this study, non-destructive inspection and microscopic examination of the fracture surface of the oil port were performed to analyze the crack tendency. The oil pipe connected to the oil port is a titanium pipe, which is fastened with over torque and has been identified as the leading cause of heat exchanger oil port cracks. In addition, it was verified as the main reason for cracking by finite element analysis. The material and diameter of the pipe were changed to improve this defect, and the applied torque was adjusted. In addition, the bending value of the pipe was adjusted to minimize the fatigue accumulation due to pulsating pressure. As a result, no cracks occurred on the heat exchanger via the ground test after the installation of an improved pipe under the same conditions.
Keywords
Military Aircraft; Heat Exchanger; Fatigue Striation; Crack; Nondestructive Inspection;
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