Failure Analysis of the Related Components of a Locomotive Turbocharger

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• 作者：Zhiwei Yu ; Xiaolei Xu ; HaiXuan Yu
• 关键词：Turbocharger ; Worm ; housing ; Gray cast iron ; Thread stripping ; Low strength
• 刊名：Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：June 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：3
• 页码：407-416
• 全文大小：3,281 KB
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• 作者单位：Zhiwei Yu (1)
  Xiaolei Xu (1)
  HaiXuan Yu (2)
  
  1. Key Laboratory of Ship-Machinery Maintenance & Manufacture Ministry of Communication, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, People’s Republic of China
  2. Materials Science and Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings
  Characterization and Evaluation Materials
  Mechanics
  Structural Mechanics
  Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk
  
• 出版者：Springer Boston
• ISSN：1864-1245

文摘

A locomotive turbocharger assembly suffered from destruction during a trial operating for 120?h. The damaged components include worm-housing, impeller blades and impeller-cover, main-shaft, bearing-sleeve, and main-shaft bolts. Fracture, deformation, and wear to varying degrees occurred on the components. The damage and fractography features on the failed components were investigated to identify the troublemaker in this incident and the root cause of turbocharger destruction. The investigation indicates that thread stripping on the wall of bolt holes on the flange at the inlet end of worm-housing induced the destruction of the whole turbocharger assembly. The specified material of worm-housing is gray cast iron (HT 250) and the specified low limit of tensile strength is 250?MPa. Unexpectedly, the tensile strength of the failed worm-housing material is about 70% of the specified low limit. The low strength of worm-housing material is mainly responsible for thread stripping of the bolt holes on the flange. The carbon content of worm-housing material exceeds the specified upper limit. Excessive graphite and long and thick graphite flakes in the worm-housing material resulting from high carbon content or maybe from unsuitable foundry practices led to low hardness and low strength of worm-housing material.