ABSTRACT
A unique and complex state-of-the-art test facility and test setup were developed indigenously to conduct pressure tests on the combustor casing. It is a mandatory requirement to conduct life and safety tests on full-scale components of an aero engine for their airworthiness certification. This chapter describes the details of the test facility developed for conducting life and safety tests on an aero engine combustor casing. The major subsystems of the test facility are as follows: hydraulic power supply (HPS), servo valve with manifold, safety relief valve, servo controller and pressure transducer. All the subsystems of the facility are integrated by means of filling the test component with servo-32 oil and draining the oil back to the facility reservoir. The chapter shows the cross-section and major dimensions of the test component. The test component was filled with hydraulic oil through the inlet ports.
