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Rotor failure in housings at high rotational speed is a critical event in the automotive and aerospace industry. The design of the containment housing that encloses the rotor burst is important to ensure the safety of the surrounding area. It is essential to perform rotor containment testing and numerical simulation study. This paper first presents the results of a series of regular disk with same geometry and tube with different thickness containment testing. The disk is made of nickel base alloy and the tube is made of high silicon molybdenum (HiSiMo) ductile iron. The regular disk is released at certain rotating speed which subsequently impacts the inner wall of the tube with uniform thickness. Three groups of tests are conducted at the high speed rotor spin testing facility in the laboratory with different disk rotating speed and tube thickness. Then numerical simulations are carried out using nonlinear finite element method to repeat and study the impact process.

In this work we have proposed an interesting clamping solution of V-band which has an important industrial impact by reducing the cost and assembly process as well compare to the traditional V-band. The design what we are focusing for is applied for all size of turbochargers which helps to connect the hot components such as manifold and turbine housing. The cost for V-band is mainly from T-bolt. It is made from special stainless steel which represents 50% of the total cost. In this work it is proposed a new V-band joint by changing bolt clamping status from tension to compression. From tension to compression we change the bolt material from high cost steel to low cost steel. The new total cost is reduced by 40%. The prototype is made and performed in static tests including anti-rotating torque test and salt spray test. The new joint meets the design requirements at static condition. Further work will focus on the dynamic qualification and at high temperature as well.