Predicting Blade Stress Levels Directly From Reduced-Order Vibration Models of Mistuned Bladed Disks

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Ho Lim ◽  
Christophe Pierre ◽  
Matthew P. Castanier
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Good Accuracy ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Modeling Techniques ◽  
Stress Levels

The forced vibration response of bladed disks can increase dramatically due to blade mistuning, which can cause major durability and reliability problems in turbine engines. To predict the mistuned forced response efficiently, several reduced-order modeling techniques have been developed. However, for mistuned bladed disks, increases in blade amplitude levels do not always correlate well with increases in blade stress levels. The stress levels may be computed by postprocessing the reduced-order model results with finite element analysis, but this is cumbersome and expensive. In this work, three indicators that can be calculated directly from reduced-order models are proposed as a way to estimate blade stress levels in a straightforward, systematic, and inexpensive manner. It is shown that these indicators can be used to predict stress values with good accuracy relative to finite element results, even for a case in which the displacement and stress levels show different frequency response trends.

Vibration Control for Integrally Bladed Disks Using Friction Ring Dampers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Laxalde ◽  
Fabrice Thouverez ◽  
Jean-Pierre Lombard
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Beam Elements ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Frequency Domain Approach

A damping strategy for integrally bladed disks (blisks) is discussed in this paper; this involves the use of friction rings located underside the wheel of bladed disks. The forced response of the blisk with friction rings is derived in the frequency domain using a frequency domain approach known as Dynamic Lagrangian Frequency-Time method. The blisk is modeled using a reduced-order model and the rings are modeled using beam elements. The results of some numerical simulations and parametric studies are presented. The range of application of this damping device is discussed. Parametric studies are presented and allow to understand the dissipation phenomena. Finally some design and optimization guidelines are given.

Probabilistic Analysis of Geometric Uncertainty Effects on Blade-Alone Forced Response

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Brown ◽  
Ramana V. Grandhi
Keyword(s):  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Approximation Error ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Monte Carlo Sampling ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Reduced Order

This paper investigates the effect of manufacturing variations on the blade-alone forced response of a transonic low aspect ratio fan. A simulated set of coordinate measurement machine measurements from a single rotor, representative of actual manufacturing variations, are used to investigate geometric effects. A reduced order model is developed to rapidly solve for the forced response and is based on eigensensitivity analysis and dynamic response mode superposition. An approximation error analysis is conducted to quantify accuracy of the new tool and errors between approximate and full finite element analysis solutions are shown to be small for low order modes with some high order modes having moderate error. A study of the simulated measured blade results show a significant amount of forced response variation along the leading edge of the airfoil. Statistics from this simulated measured rotor are used with Monte Carlo sampling to generate random blades realizations that are solved with the reduced order model. This procedure allows the prediction of the variation across an entire fleet of blades from a small sample of blades. The large variations predicted, up to 40%, could have a significant impact of the blade design process including the procedures to account for foreign object damage damage tolerance, how non-intrusive stress measurement systems are used, and how mistuning prediction algorithms are validated.

Reduced Order Model for Efficient Engineering Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan X. Zhong ◽  
Haoyue Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Design Of Experiments ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Reduced Model ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
Engineering Analysis ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Numerical Design

Abstract Engineering analysis of complex structures or mechanical systems typically involves contact with multiple components, large deformation, and material nonlinearity, which requires the application of nonlinear finite element methods. Despite the advancement of commercial software for finite element analysis (FEA), nonlinear FEA of a multi-component mechanical assembly will take hours to days, and even weeks to complete. It is highly desired to develop a reduced-order model for a family of complex structures that can reduce an original problems’ complexity and degree of freedom but has a reasonably small discrepancy with the full model and significantly reduces the computation time. The typical approach to construct a reduced model includes 1) the response surface method via numerical design of experiments and, 2) the simplified physics approach. In this paper, it is proposed to develop a reduced model through the combination of simplified physics, dimensional analysis [1], and numerical design of experiments. The approach is applied to the construction of a reduced model for the analysis of a downhole plug [2]. The developed reduced model is verified by full-scale FEA models and validated through physical tests. The reduced model is implemented in a spreadsheet and takes only seconds to complete a calculation in contrast to hours using a full FEA model, enabling engineers’ quick evaluation of the corresponding designs.

A Nonlinear Dynamic Reduced-Order Model for a Large Gas Turbine Outer Casing Low Cycle Fatigue Prediction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya Dubey ◽  
Rishi Relan ◽  
Uwe Lohse ◽  
Jaroslaw Szwedowicz
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Reduced Order

Abstract The secondary stresses that result from nonlinear and transient thermal gradients during the start-up and shut down of the large gas turbine engines drive low-cycle fatigue at specific locations of the outer casing. Typical service inspection of the outer casing is primarily based on finite element analysis estimates, considering various safety factors. However, as finite element analysis includes the worst possible combination of loading scenarios and operating conditions any engine may encounter in actual operation, this results in a conservative estimation of the service interval. Therefore, a generic preventive maintenance plan for the whole fleet often underutilises the casing capability and added cost. Hence, this paper proposes a data-driven nonlinear dynamic reduced-order model developed using the temperature data from low-cycle fatigue critical casing locations, ramp rates, and the percentage load of operation to predict the stresses. As a result, a reduced-order model can assess the damage for low-cycle fatigue critical locations in real-time using the operational data and propose an appropriate service intervention plan for each casing in a fleet.

On Damping Entire Bladed Disks Through Dampers on Only a Few Blades

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Avalos ◽  
Marc P. Mignolet
Keyword(s):  
Optimum Design ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Random Mistuning

The focus of this paper is on demonstrating the potential to damp entire bladed disks using dampers on only a fraction of the blades. This problem is first considered without the presence of random mistuning, and it is demonstrated that a few dampers at optimized locations can lead to a significant reduction in the forced response of the entire bladed disk. Unfortunately, this optimum design may not be robust with respect to random mistuning and a notable fraction of the reduction in forced response obtained may disappear because of mistuning. To regain the reduction in forced response but with mistuning present, robustness to mistuning is enhanced by using intentional mistuning in addition to dampers. The intentional mistuning strategy selected here is the A/B pattern mistuning in which the blades all belong to either type A or B. An optimization effort is then performed to obtain the best combination of A/B pattern and damper location to minimize the mistuned forced response of the disk. The addition of intentional mistuning in the system is shown to be very efficient, and the optimum bladed disk design does indeed exhibit a significant reduction in mistuned forced response as compared with the tuned system. These findings were obtained on both single-degree-of-freedom per blade-disk models and a reduced order model of a blisk.

A Reduced-Order Meshless Energy Model for the Vibrations of Mistuned Bladed Disks—Part II: Finite Element Benchmark Comparisons

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fang ◽  
O. G. McGee ◽  
Y. El Aini
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Energy Model ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Particle Methods ◽  
Test Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Flexible Disk

This paper draws upon the theoretical basis and applicability of the three-dimensional (3-D) reduced-order spectral-based “meshless” energy technology presented in a companion paper (McGee et al., 2013, “A Reduced-Order Meshless Energy Model for the Vibrations of Mistuned Bladed Disks—Part I: Theoretical Basis,” ASME J. Turbomach., to be published) to predict free and forced responses of bladed disks comprised of randomly mistuned blades integrally attached to a flexible disk. The 3-D reduced-order spectral-based model employed is an alternative choice in the computational modeling landscape of bladed disks, such as conventionally-used finite element methods and component mode synthesis techniques, and even emerging element-free Hamiltonian–Galerkin, Petrov–Galerkin, boundary integral, and kernel-particle methods. This is because continuum-based modeling of a full disk annulus of mistuned blades is, at present, a steep task using these latter approaches for modal-type mistuning and/or rogue blade failure analysis. Hence, a considerably simplified and idealized bladed disk of 20 randomly mistuned blades mounted to a flexible disk was created and modeled not only to analyze its free and forced 3-D responses, but also to compare the predictive capability of the present reduced-order spectral-based “meshless” technology to general-purpose finite element procedures widely-used in industry practice. To benchmark future development of reduced-order technologies of turbomachinery mechanics analysts may use the present 3-D findings of the idealized 20-bladed disk as a new standard test model. Application of the 3-D reduced-order spectral-based “meshless” technology to an industry integrally-bladed rotor, having all of its blades modally mistuned, is also offered, where reasonably sufficient upper-bounds on the exact free and forced 3-D responses are predicted. These predictions expound new solutions of 3-D vibration effects of modal mistuning strength and pattern, interblade mechanical coupling, and localized modes on the free and forced response amplitudes.

A Substructure Based Reduced Order Model for Mistuned Bladed Disks

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hohl ◽  
Christian Siewert ◽  
Lars Panning ◽  
Jo¨rg Wallaschek
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Component Mode Synthesis ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Symmetry Approach ◽  
Full Structure ◽  
Value Decomposition

A efficient method for the calculation of the forced response of mistuned bladed disks is introduced. Based on the Component Mode Synthesis techniques the structure is divided into substructures, namely the disk and the blades. The Component Mode Synthesis of the disk is calculated with a fast and accurate cyclic symmetry approach. A recently developed method called Wave Based Substructuring is used to describe the (numerous) coupling degrees of freedom between the disk and the blades. The orthogonal waves are derived with a Singular Value Decomposition or a QR decomposition from the coupling nodes’ normal modes calculated by a modal analysis of the full structure.

On Damping Entire Bladed Disks Through Dampers on Only a Few Blades

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Avalos ◽  
Marc P. Mignolet
Keyword(s):  
Optimum Design ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Single Degree ◽  
Random Mistuning

The focus of this paper is on demonstrating the potential to damp entire bladed disks using dampers on only a fraction of the blades. This problem is first considered without the presence of random mistuning and it is demonstrated that a few dampers at optimized locations can lead to a significant reduction in the forced response of the entire bladed disk. Unfortunately, this optimum design may not be robust with respect to random mistuning and a notable fraction of the reduction in forced response obtained may disappear because of mistuning. To regain the reduction in forced response but with mistuning present, robustness to mistuning is enhanced by using intentional mistuning in addition to dampers. The intentional mistuning strategy selected here is the A/B pattern mistuning in which the blades all belong to either type A or B. An optimization effort is then performed to obtain the best combination of A/B pattern and damper location to minimize the mistuned forced response of the disk. The addition of intentional mistuning in the system is shown to be very efficient and the optimum bladed disk design does indeed exhibit a significant reduction of mistuned forced response as compared to the tuned system. These findings were obtained on both single-degree-of-freedom per blade disk models and a reduced order model of a blisk.

A Novel Perturbation-Based Approach for the Accurate Prediction of the Forced Response of Mistuned Bladed Disks

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Han ◽  
Marc P. Mignolet
Keyword(s):  
Series Representation ◽  
Convergent Series ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Blade Model ◽  
Dominant Parameter

This paper focuses on the formulation and validation of a novel perturbation method for the prediction of the forced response of mistuned bladed disks. At the contrary of previous approaches, the proposed one involves the sum of the inverses of the tuned and mistuned impedance matrices through the use of the Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula. Then, considering these inverses as diagonal dominant matrices leads to an efficient series representation of the forced response of mistuned bladed disks. A detailed validation effort of this new procedure was next achieved. In particular, it was demonstrated that this approach leads to a convergent series representation over the entire range of blade-disk coupling levels for small mistuning. The dominant parameter affecting the magnitude of the largest mistuning for which convergence occurs is shown to be the system damping with a weaker effect of the blade-disk coupling. Examples of application to a single-degree-of-freedom per blade model and the reduced order model of a blisk demonstrate the potential of this novel approach. Finally, the applicability of this technique for the optimization of intentional mistuning pattern is shown.

A Reduced Order Model for Nonlinear Dynamics of Mistuned Bladed Disks With Shroud Friction Contacts

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mehrdad Pourkiaee ◽  
Stefano Zucca
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Vibration ◽  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Reduced Order Model ◽  
Reduced Model ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Order Model ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Bladed Disk

A new reduced order modeling technique for nonlinear vibration analysis of mistuned bladed disks with shrouds is presented. The developed reduction technique employs two component mode synthesis methods, namely, the Craig-Bampton (CB) method followed by a modal synthesis based on loaded interface (LI) modeshapes (Benfield and Hruda). In the new formulation, the fundamental sector is divided into blade and disk components. The CB method is applied to the blade, where nodes lying on shroud contact surfaces and blade–disk interfaces are retained as master nodes, while modal reductions are performed on the disk sector with LIs. The use of LI component modes allows removing the blade–disk interface nodes from the set of master nodes retained in the reduced model. The result is a much more reduced order model (ROM) with no need to apply any secondary reduction. In the paper, it is shown that the ROM of the mistuned bladed disk can be obtained with only single-sector calculation, so that the full finite element model of the entire bladed disk is not necessary. Furthermore, with the described approach, it is possible to introduce the blade frequency mistuning directly into the reduced model. The nonlinear forced response is computed using the harmonic balance method and alternating frequency/time domain approach. Numerical simulations revealed the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of the new developed technique for nonlinear vibration analysis of mistuned bladed disks with shroud friction contacts.

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