Planetary Gear Modal Properties and Dynamic Response: Experiments and Analytical Simulation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan M. Ericson ◽  
Robert G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Modal Testing ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Analytical Simulation ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Independent Motion

Planetary gear vibration is a major source of noise and may lead to fatigue-induced failures in bearings or other drivetrain components. Gear designers use mathematical models to analyze potential designs, but these models remain unverified by experimental data. This paper presents experiments that completely characterize the dynamic behavior of a spur planetary gear by modal testing and spinning tests under representative operating conditions, focusing on the independent motion of planetary components. Accelerometers are mounted directly to individual gear bodies. Rotational and translational accelerations obtained from the experiments are compared to the predictions of a lumped parameter model. Natural frequencies, modes, and forced response agree well between experiments and the model. Rotational, translational, and planet mode types presented in published analytical research are observed experimentally.

A Discrete Lumped-Parameter Dynamic Model for a Planetary Gear Set with Flexible Ring Gear

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 756-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Yi Min Song ◽  
Jin You Xu
Keyword(s):  
Individual Component ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Vibration Modes ◽  
Ring Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Planetary Gear System ◽  
Flexible Ring

A discrete lumped-parameter model for a general planetary gear set is proposed, which models the continuous flexible ring gear as discrete rigid ring gear segments connected with each other through virtual springs. The ring-planet mesh is analyzed to derive equations of motion of ring segments and planet. By assembling equations of motion of each individual component, the governing equations of planetary gear system are obtained. The solution for eigenvalue problem yields to natural frequencies and corresponding vibration modes. The simulations of example system reveal that the ring gear flexibility decreases system lower natural frequencies and the vibration modes can be classified into rotational, translational, planet and ring modes.

Planetary Gear Modal Vibration Properties Torque Sensitivity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan M. Ericson ◽  
Robert G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
High Frequency Mode ◽  
Vibration Properties ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Planet Gear ◽  
Element Bearing ◽  
Modal Vibration

The effect of preload torque on planetary gear behavior is investigated with experiments and mathematical models. Natural frequencies, mode shapes, and damping are influenced by mean torque levels. Natural frequencies increase with greater torque. Damping increases in some modes and decreases in others. The mode shapes undergo various changes as torque increases as demonstrated in the trajectory of a planet gear in a high frequency mode. A finite element bearing model is used to obtain the load dependent stiffness of the planet bearings, and these values greatly increase the accuracy of a lumped parameter model in predicting the natural frequencies measured in experiments.

Vibration Amplitudes of Compressor Blades Resulting From Scatter in Blade Natural Frequencies

1969 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. F. Dye ◽  
T. A. Henry
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Compressor Blades ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Gas Turbine Compressor ◽  
Flexible Disk

Intercoupling between blades mounted on a flexible disk is examined employing a lumped-parameter model incorporating damping. Tests carried out on a gas turbine compressor and blades provide frequency and mass parameters for the model. Analysis of the model shows that vibration, and hence stress, in one or more blades, can be magnified if the distribution of blade natural frequency around the disk is suitably chosen. Feasible distributions are examined, leading to stress increases of up to 180 percent.

Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Planetary Gear Involving Tooth Wedging and Bearing Clearance Nonlinearity

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Guo ◽  
Robert G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Back Side ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Bearing Clearance ◽  
Gravity Forces ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Bearing Failures ◽  
Wide Range

Tooth wedging occurs when a gear tooth comes into contact on the drive-side and back-side simultaneously. Tooth wedging risks bearing failures from elevated forces. This work studies the nonlinear tooth wedging behavior and its correlation with planet bearing forces by analyzing the dynamic response of an example planetary gear based on a real application of a wind turbine geartrain. The two-dimensional lumped-parameter model [1] is extended to include tooth separation, back-side contact, tooth wedging, and bearing clearances. The simulation results show significant impact of tooth wedging on planet bearing forces for a wide range of operating speeds. To develop a physical understanding of the tooth wedging mechanism, connections between planet bearing forces and tooth forces are studied by investigating physical forces and displacements acting throughout the planetary gear. A method to predict tooth wedging based on geometric interactions is developed and verified. The major causes of tooth wedging relate directly to translational vibrations caused by gravity forces and the presence of clearance-type nonlinearities in the form of backlash and bearing clearance.

Sensitivity of General Compound Planetary Gear Natural Frequencies and Vibration Modes to Model Parameters

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichao Guo ◽  
Robert G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Vibration Modes ◽  
Planetary Gears ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Modal Properties ◽  
Mass Moment ◽  
Inertia Parameters

This paper studies sensitivity of compound planetary gear natural frequencies and vibration modes to system parameters. Based on a lumped parameter model of general compound planetary gears and their distinctive modal properties [1], the eigensensitivities to inertias and stiffnesses are calculated and expressed in compact formulae. Analysis reveals that eigenvalue sensitivities to stiffness parameters are directly proportional to modal strain energies, and eigenvalue sensitivities to inertia parameters are proportional to modal kinetic energies. Furthermore, the eigenvalue sensitivities to model parameters are determined by inspection of the modal strain and kinetic energy distributions. This provides an effective way to identify those parameters with the greatest impact on tuning certain natural frequencies. The present results, combined with the modal properties of general compound planetary gears, show that rotational modes are independent of translational bearing/shaft stiffnesses and masses of carriers/central gears, translational modes are independent of torsional bearing/shaft stiffnesses and moment of inertias of carriers/central gears, and planet modes are independent of all system parameters of other planet sets, the shaft/bearing stiffness parameters of carriers/rings, and the mass/moment of inertia parameters of carriers/central gears.

The Mechanism on Prediction of Transient Maximum Amplitude for Tuned and Mistuned Blisks

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luohui Ouyang ◽  
Hai Shang ◽  
Hua Chen ◽  
Qingzhen Bi ◽  
Li-Min Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Fundamental Parameter ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Acceleration And Deceleration

Abstract Blisks are subjected to frequent acceleration and deceleration, which leads to a transient forced response; however, there is limited understanding of this response. In this work, the mechanism on prediction of transient maximum amplitude is found. An analytical link is proposed between the transient maximum amplitude and a fundamental dimensionless parameter which combines the damping ratio, natural frequency, acceleration, and engine order of the system to reveal the mechanism of the transient maximum amplitude. Therefore, the transient maximum amplitudes of tuned and mistuned blisks are predicted analytically. First, a lumped parameter model is used to study the mechanism of the transient maximum amplitude for a tuned blisk, and an approximated analytical expression is derived between the fundamental parameter and the transient amplification factor of a 1DOF (degree-of-freedom) model. The relationship is also applicable to a reduced order, tuned finite element model (FEM). Second, the mechanism of the transient response for a mistuned blisk is studied in the decoupled modal space of the blisk, based on the 1DOF transient relationship. The transient maximum amplitude in a reduced order, mistuned FEM is predicted. Two lumped parameter models and a FEM are employed to validate the prediction.

Theoretical Study of the Vibration Suppression on a Mistuned Bladed Disk Using a Bi-periodic Piezoelectric Network

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Li ◽  
Pengcheng Deng ◽  
Jiuzhou Liu ◽  
Chao Li
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Robustness Analysis ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Modal Assurance Criterion ◽  
Vibration Localization ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Random Mistuning ◽  
Response Amplification

AbstractThe paper deals with the vibration suppression of a bladed disk with a piezoelectric network. The piezoelectric network has a different period (so called bi-period) from that of the bladed disk and there is no inductor in it. The system is simulated by an electromechanical lumped parameter model with two DOFs per sector. The research focuses on suppressing the amplitude magnification or reducing the vibration localization of the mistuned bladed disk. The dynamic equations of the system are derived. Both mechanical mistuning and electrical mistuning have been taken into account. The Modified Modal Assurance Criterion (MMAC) is used to evaluate the vibration suppression ability of the bi-periodic piezoelectric network. The Monte Carlo simulation is used to calculate the MMAC of the system with the random mistuning. As a reference, the forced responses of the bladed disk with and without the piezoelectric network are given. The results show that the piezoelectric network would effectively suppress amplitude magnification induced by mistuning. The vibration amplitude is even smaller than that of the tuned system. The robustness analysis shows that the bi-periodic piezoelectric network can provide a reliable assurance for avoiding the forced response amplification of the mistuned bladed disk. The amplified response induced by the mechanical mistuning with standard deviation 0.2 can be effectively suppressed through the bi-periodic piezoelectric network.

Lumped Parameter Model of Planetary Gear Systems

1978 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Polder
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Damping Coefficients ◽  
Planetary Gear Trains ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Vibration Model ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Angular Velocities ◽  
Gear Trains

A model system is described by parameters for shafts, planetary gear trains and nodes. Moments of inertia, spring stiffnesses and damping coefficients are assigned to the shafts; gear ratios and efficiencies are assigned to planetary gear trains. The equivalence of angular velocities and torques is demonstrated for shafts (vibration model), as well as for planetary gear trains and nodes (configuration of the system). This brings about a new view on the concept of degrees of freedom. The close relationship between gear ratios and torque ratios yields identical functions for these ratios when applied to the input and output shafts of a system. The full use of this relationship requires strict conventions of signs and an extension of the interpretation of values. The introduction of a new concept, named responsivity, expresses the relationships between torques and between powers of arbitrary shafts. With suitable equations, it becomes possible to investigate torque and power distributions exhaustively.

scholarly journals Comparison Between Calculated and Measured Free-Free Modes for a Flexible Rotor

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Vázquez ◽  
Lloyd E. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Modal Testing ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Reduced Order Models ◽  
Response Functions ◽  
Flexible Rotor ◽  
Reduced Order ◽  
Response Characteristics

Many industrial machines nowadays are sold based on analysis performed on mathematical models of the rotors, bearings, substructures, and other components. The validity of the analysts therefore depends on the accuracy of the models themselves. When the rotor is available, modal testing may be used to validate the model of the rotor by comparing the calculated and measured free-free natural frequencies and mode shapes. This work presents additional tools for the verification of analytical models against experimental data. These tools use models of the rotor constructed from the measured data and the analytical model. A comparison of the first six calculated and measured free-free natural frequencies and mode shapes for a multi-mass flexible rotor is presented. The natural frequencies compare within 1.8%. The calculated and measured mode shapes were used to construct independent reduced order models of the rotor. These models were used to perform forced response and stability analyses. Forced response functions are presented comparing the forced response characteristics obtained from the two models. This provides a comparison between the measured and calculated forced response functions for the same number of modes. For the stability analysis, identical bearing models were added to both reduced order models. The eigenvalues were calculated using both models for a range of bearing stiffness and damping coefficients and were plotted for comparison.

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