This paper presents a collection of pump impeller failures that have been encountered during the consulting activities at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Plant Infrastructure and Pipelines Centre at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Reference:
Van Bennekom, A, Berndt, F and Rassool, MN. 2001. Pump impeller failures - a compendium of case studies. Engineering Failure Analysis, vol. 8(2), pp 145-156
Van Bennekom, A., Berndt, F., & Rassool, M. (2001). Pump impeller failures - a compendium of case studies. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1507
Van Bennekom, A, F Berndt, and MN Rassool "Pump impeller failures - a compendium of case studies." (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1507
Van Bennekom A, Berndt F, Rassool M. Pump impeller failures - a compendium of case studies. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1507.
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