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Old 17th Mar 2013, 21:53
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barit1
 
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Let us be clear about this:

DISC failure is unlikely to ever be contained because of the size/mass/velocity of the disc fragments. The mitigation for this is to make a disc failure very unlikely. The sacrifice of turbine blades by interference with stator parts is a small price to pay in protecting the aircraft, even if it results in a lesser-energy uncontained failure.

On the other hand, BLADE failure is generally containable, or at worse, a low-energy case penetration.
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