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Old 15th Dec 2005, 20:53
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barit1
 
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I have seen the results of a similar "inadvertent disassembly". There was a mild resonance that was being explored in the test cell - it should not have caused a big problem - but the turbine shaft broke at its weakest point...

...which happened to be the stress riser created by an electro-etched marking of the part number on the shaft.

Cut the bloomin' engine in two.
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