Machining-free LP compressor shaft bumper bearing repairs

• Main Author: Chiang, Chao-wei
• Other Authors: Ng Bing Feng
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136836
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bumper bearings are made of carbon fibre composite and can be found in all Rolls-Royce Trent series aero-engines. The bumper bearing, which is attached to the Low Pressure Compressor (LPC) shaft, acts to prevent this lower speed shaft from being in-contact with the Immediate Pressure Compressor (IPC...