Showing papers by "Francis E. Kennedy published in 1985"

TL;DR: In this paper, the contact patches occur at the waviness peaks on the harder and stiffer of the two rings and wear occurs only within those patches and this results in increased surface roughness.

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental program was carried out to address issues related to the observed cracking of the titanium knife edges on the labyrinth seals of the high pressure fuel pump (HPFP) in the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME).