Flutter of Mistuned Turbomachinery Rotors

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. Bendiksen

An investigation of the fundamental aspects of flutter in mistuned turbomachinery rotors is presented. Perturbation methods are used to obtain asymptotic solutions to arbitrary order in the mistuning parameter. These solutions require only the knowledge of the eigensolution of the tuned system, and thus provide efficient formulas for calculating the effect of mistuning without solving a new eigenvalue problem. Numerical results presented for design parameters representative of fan rotors indicate that a critical reduced frequency exists, below which mistuning alone cannot stabilize the rotor. The sensitivity of the stability boundaries to mistuning was found to depend fundamentally on relations between the left and right eigenvectors. For systems where the left and right eigenvectors form complex conjugate pairs, mistuning cannot destabilize the system unless the reduced frequency of the least stable mode is decreased by the perturbation. In general, only cascades and rotors with a single degree-of-freedom per blade belong to this class.

Robotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Hongkai Li ◽  
Xianfei Sun ◽  
Zishuo Chen ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Hongchao Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Inspired by gecko’s adhesive feet, a wheeled wall climbing robot is designed in this paper with the synchronized gears and belt system acting as the wheels by considering both motion efficiency and adhesive capability. Adhesion of wheels is obtained by the bio-inspired adhesive material wrapping on the outer surface of wheels. A ducted fan mounted on the back of the robot supplies thrust force for the adhesive material to generate normal and shear adhesion force whilemoving on vertical surfaces. Experimental verification of robot climbing on vertical flat surface was carried out. The stability and the effect of structure design parameters were analyzed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Shahin ◽  
Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury ◽  
Md. Arefin Kowser ◽  
Uttam Kumar Debnath ◽  
M.H. Monir

Purpose The purposes of the present study are to ensure higher sustainability of journal bearings under different applied loads and to observe bearing performances such as elastic strain, total deformation and stress formation. Design/methodology/approach A journal bearing test rig was used to determine the effect of the applied load on the bearing friction, film thickness, lubricant film pressure, etc. A steady-state analysis was performed to obtain the bearing performance. Findings An efficient aspect ratio (L/D) range was obtained to increase the durability or the stability of the bearing while the bearing is in the working condition by using SAE 5W-30 oil. The results from the study were compared with previous studies in which different types of oil and water, such as Newtonian fluid (NF), magnetorheological fluid (MRF) and nonmagnetorheological fluid (NMRF), were used as the lubricant. To ensure a preferable aspect ratio range (0.25-0.50), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was conducted by ANSYS; the results show a lower elastic strain and deformation within the preferable aspect ratio (0.25-0.50) rather than a higher aspect ratio using the SAE 5W-30 oil. Originality/value It is expected that the findings of this study will contribute to the improvement of the bearing design and the bearing lubricating system.


2013 ◽  
Vol 859 ◽  
pp. 222-227
Author(s):  
Hong Jun Liu ◽  
Jin Hua Tan ◽  
Xue Wen Su ◽  
Hao Wu

Two typical monitoring sections are selected for obtaining the change law of the surface subsidence and the settlement after construction of soft soil foundations, and determining the reasonable unloading time. The research results show that the surface settlement rate is large during the filling stage, the rate decreases after the loading and gradually stabilized. The embankment midline settlement is larger than the settlement of the road shoulder which is concluded from the fact that the subsidence of the middle settlement plate is larger than those of the left and right plate. The surface subsidence rate is less than 5mm per month during the two month before unloading according to the data in the tables. The settlement after construction presumed from the middle plate is more significantly larger than that of left and right sides, hence, as the unloading basis of preloading drainage method in soft soil foundation treatment the settlement after construction which is calculated from the midline monitoring data of the road is appropriate. After 6 months the calculated post-construction settlements of the two sections are in the scope of the design requirement since they decrease with preloading time. The reliable basis is provided for the future design and construction of soft foundation in this area through the research results.


Author(s):  
Shyh-Chin Huang ◽  
Chen-Kai Su

Abstract The frequencies and mode shapes of rolling rings with radial and circumferential displacement constraints are investigated. The displacement constraints practically come from the point contact, e.g., rolling tire on the road, or other applications. The proposed approach to analysis is calculating the natural frequencies and modes of a non-contacted spinning ring, then employing the receptance method for displacement constraints. The frequency equation for the constrained system is hence obtained, and it can be solved numerically or graphically. The receptance matrix developed for the spinning ring is surprisingly found not symmetric as usual. Moreover, the cross receptances are discovered to form complex conjugate pairs. That is a feature that has never been described in literature. The results show that the natural frequencies for the spinning ring in contact, as expected, higher than those for the non-contacted ring. The variance of frequencies to rotational speeds are then illustrated. The analytic forms of mode shapes are also derived and sketched. The traveling modes are then shown for cases.


Author(s):  
James F. White ◽  
Oddvar O. Bendiksen

The aeroelastic stability of titanium and composite blades of low aspect ratio is examined over a range of design parameters, using a Rayleigh-Ritz formulation. The blade modes include a plate-type mode to account for chordwise bending. Chordwise flexibility is found to have a significant effect on the unstalled supersonic flutter of low aspect ratio blades, and also on the stability of tip sections of shrouded fan blades. For blades with a thickness of less than approximately four percent of chord, the chordwise, second bending, and first torsion branches are all unstable at moderately high supersonic Mach numbers. For composite blades, the important structural coupling between bending and torsion cannot be modeled properly unless chordwise bending is accounted for. Typically, aft fiber sweep produces beneficial bending-torsion coupling that is stabilizing, whereas forward fiber sweep has the opposite effect. By using crossed-ply laminate configurations, critical aeroelastic modes can be stabilized.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afshin Khoshand ◽  
Ali Fathi ◽  
Milad Zoghi ◽  
Hamidreza Kamalan

One of the most common and economical methods for waste disposal is landfilling. The landfill cover system is one of the main components of landfills which prevents waste exposure to the environment by creating a barrier between the waste and the surrounding environment. The stability and integrity of the landfill cover system is a fundamental part of the design, construction, and maintenance of landfills. A reinforced tapered landfill cover system can be considered as a practical method for improving its stability; however, the simultaneous effects of seismic and seepage forces in the reinforced tapered landfill cover system have not been studied. The current paper provides a solution based on the limit equilibrium method in order to evaluate the stability of a reinforced tapered landfill cover system under seismic and seepage (both horizontal and parallel seepage force patterns) loading conditions. The proposed analytical approach is applied to different design cases through parametric study and the obtained results are compared to those derived from literature. Parametric study is performed to illustrate the sensitivity of the safety factor (FS) to the different design parameters. The obtained results reveal that parameters which describe the geometry have limited effects on the stability of the landfill cover system in comparison to the rest of the studied design parameters. Moreover, the comparisons between the derived results and available methods demonstrate good agreement between obtained findings with those reported in the literature.


Author(s):  
W. T. van Horssen ◽  
O. V. Pischanskyy ◽  
J. L. A. Dubbeldam

In this paper the forced vibrations of a linear, single degree of freedom oscillator (sdofo) with a time-varying mass will be studied. The forced vibrations are due to small masses which are periodically hitting and leaving the oscillator with different velocities. Since these small masses stay for some time on the oscillator surface the effective mass of the oscillator will periodically vary in time. Not only solutions of the oscillator equation will be constructed, but also the stability properties, and the existence of periodic solutions will be discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Díaz-Cacho Medina ◽  
Emma Delgado Romero ◽  
Antonio Barreiro Blas

Network and control relationship is an essential aspect in the design of networked control systems (NCSs). The design parameters are mainly centered in the transmission rate and in the packet structure, and some studies have been made to determine how transmission rate affects the network delay and consequently the stability of the control. In Internet, these analysis are mathematically complex due to the large number of different potential scenarios. Using empirical methods, this work deduces that the transmission scheduling problem of an NCS can be solved by designing an appropriate transport protocol, taken into account high and periodic sampling rates. The transport protocol features are determined by simulation, using a new test platform based on the NS2 network simulation suite, to develop control/network codesign solutions. Conclusions of this paper are that the transport features are packet-loss-based flow control, best effort, and fairness, supplemented by a packet priority scheme.


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