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  2. Turbocharger - Wikipedia

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    Turbocharger failures and resultant high exhaust temperatures are among the causes of car fires. [60] Failure of the seals will cause oil to leak into the exhaust system causing blue-gray smoke or a runaway diesel.

  3. Compressor stall - Wikipedia

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    Axi-symmetric stall, more commonly known as compressor surge; or pressure surge, is a complete breakdown in compression resulting in a reversal of flow and the violent expulsion of previously compressed air out through the engine intake, due to the compressor's inability to continue working against the already-compressed air behind it.

  4. Turbine engine failure - Wikipedia

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    Following an engine shutdown, a precautionary landing is usually performed with airport fire and rescue equipment positioned near the runway. The prompt landing is a precaution against the risk that another engine will fail later in the flight or that the engine failure that has already occurred may have caused or been caused by other as-yet unknown damage or malfunction of aircraft systems ...

  5. Low-speed pre-ignition - Wikipedia

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    Automakers use engine downsizing to help improve vehicles’ fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, and use turbocharger technology to recover power lost in the downsizing process. [5] The presence of LSPI limits automakers’ ability to capture the full potential of turbocharged engines to meet increasing fuel-efficiency requirements [ 1 ] and ...

  6. Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia

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    Diesel engine runaway is an occurrence in diesel engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM, producing up to ten times the engine's rated output until destroyed by mechanical failure or bearing seizure due to a lack of lubrication. [1]

  7. Blade off testing - Wikipedia

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    Amendment 10 to the Airworthiness Standards was published by the Federal Aviation Administration on February 23, 1984, which modified the durability requirement of 33.19 by adding that "energy levels and trajectories of fragments resulting from rotor blade failure that lie outside the compressor and turbine rotor cases must be defined" and by ...

  8. Engine knocking - Wikipedia

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    This sudden increase in pressure and temperature causes the distinctive diesel 'knock' or 'clatter', some of which must be allowed for in the engine design. [ citation needed ] Careful design of the injector pump, fuel injector, combustion chamber, piston crown and cylinder head can reduce knocking greatly, and modern engines using electronic ...

  9. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Wind shear caused structural failure of the tail which damaged gas cells: 1943-08-01 1943 Lambert Field CG-4A crash St. Louis, United States Waco CG-4 [N 1] Manufacturing flaw 10 Loss of right-hand wing due to failure of defective wing strut fitting [1] 1947-10-24 United Airlines Flight 608: USA: about 1.5 Miles southeast of Bryce Canyon ...