NASA Research Bearing on Jet Engine Reliability

Mason, S. S.; Ault, G. M.; Pinkel, B.

Turbojet engine reliability has long been an intense interest to the military users of this type of aircraft propulsion. With the recent inauguration of commercial jet transport this subject has assumed a new dimension of importance. In January l96 the Lewis Research Center of the NASA (then the MACA) published the results of an extensive study on the factors that affect the opera- center dot tional reliability of turbojet engines (ref. 1). At that time the report was classified Confidential. In July l98 this report was declassified. It is thus appropriate at this time to present some of the highlights of the studies described in the NASA report. In no way is it intended to outline the complete contents of the report; rather it is hoped to direct attention to it among those who are center dot directly concerned with this problem. Since the publication of our study over three years ago, the NASA has completed a number of additional investigations that bear significantly on this center dot subject. A second object of this paper, therefore, is to summarize the results of these recent studies and to interpret their significance in relation to turbojet operational reliability.

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20150021180

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November 12, 2015

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March 31, 1959

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Meeting: SAE National Aeronautic Meeting

Location: New York, NY

Country: United States

Start Date: March 31, 1959

End Date: April 3, 1959

Sponsors: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

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