Root Cause Failure Analysis Gallery
The following images depict actual cases of root cause analysis engineering performed by TurboMet.

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Image 1-1 Root Cause Failure Analysis Foreign or domestic object damage to gas turbine blades (FOD or DOD)

ITEM 1-2 Root Cause Failure Analysis Creep failure of transition pieces

ITEM 1-3 Root Cause Failure Analysis Creep failure of a turbine blade airfoil

ITEM 1-4 Root Cause Failure Analysis Internal creep cracks near the fracture plane

ITEM 1-5 Root Cause Failure Analysis TMF cracks at the leading edge cooling holes (left) of a coated blade from an aero-derivative engine and a metallurgical cross section (right).

ITEM 1-6 Root Cause Failure Analysis TMF Cracks on a vane (nozzle) revealed by dye penetrant inspection

ITEM 1-7 Root Cause Failure Analysis Severe hot corrosion damage to power turbine blades in an aeroderivative engine

ITEM 1-8 Root Cause Failure Analysis High-cycle fatigue failure of a large gas turbine blade. Fretting fatigue crack at a blade tip Z-notch and complete fracture at the root are shown

ITEM 1-9 Root Cause Failure Analysis Optical and scanning electron microscope photographs of a turbine blade failed under HCF mechanism. Crack initiation was influenced by environmental attack.