scholarly journals Test-Model Correlation of Dry-Friction Damping Phenomena in Aero-Engines

Author(s):  
P. Jean ◽  
C. Gibert ◽  
C. Dupont ◽  
J.-P. Lombard

In order to control the risk of high cycle fatigue of bladed disks, it is important to predict precisely the vibration levels and to design damping solutions to attenuate them. Therefore, Snecma has made some efforts in the last years in order to characterize better the damping in aero-engines. Among the various damping sources, friction damping is particularly difficult to model due to its non-linear behaviour [1]. For that purpose, two methods based on multi-harmonic balance strategy have been especially developed for Snecma, dedicated to the study of the non-linear forced response of bladed disks. The first one enables to model the bladed disk equipped with dry-friction dampers [2], and the second one takes into account intrinsic friction located in disk-blade interface [3]. To validate both models experimentally, a test campaign has been carried out in a vacuum chamber on a rotating bladed disk excited by piezoelectric actuators. The blade shanks have been softened in order to increase friction effects. Experimental results show a regular and reproducible behaviour of the non-linear forced response, over various rotation speed and excitation levels. The contributions of friction dampers and friction in blade attachment have been decoupled thanks to glue applied in the blade root. Both friction phenomena that were observed experimentally at resonance of the blade first bending mode have been reproduced numerically. After updating modeling parameters, an acceptable correlation was found on resonance frequencies, amplitudes and damping levels over the full experimental setup range, which validates these numerical tools for their use in design process.

Author(s):  
Lin Li ◽  
Yaguang Wu ◽  
Yu Fan

A new passive damper coupling the energy dissipative mechanisms of dry friction and piezoelectric shunting circuit is proposed. The idea is to embed the shunted piezoelectric materials to the dry friction dampers at appropriate positions, so that the elastic deformation of the dry friction dampers can be utilized to generate additional damping. Moreover, this provides a more practical way to install the piezoelectric dampers into realistic mechanical systems such as aero-engines. A five Degree-of-freedom (DOFs) lumped system model is introduced to demonstrate the feasibility of such an idea. The damping performance is revealed using the forced response results obtained by the Multi Harmonic Balance Method (MHBM). We show that the coupled damper significantly outperforms the standalone piezoelectric or dry friction dampers. The coupled damper is better than, at least equivalent to, the case where both piezoelectric and dry friction dampers are applied but in uncoupled manner. Eventually, the mechanism of the proposed damper is further explained from the perspective of vibrational mode and energy conversion.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fang ◽  
O. G. McGee ◽  
Y. El Aini

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.


Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Di Zhang ◽  
Lei Sun ◽  
Yonghui Xie

This paper deals with the real dynamics characteristics of a mistuned steam turbine bladed disk subjected to dry friction forces to better understand the nonlinear mistuning phenomenon. Normal load, which directly affects contact stiffness between interfaces, is chosen as the mistuning parameter. Based on Mindlin model, a forced response analysis of the finite element model of mistuned bladed disk with damped shrouds is performed in ANSYS. Compared with results of other simplified models, a real and complicated nonlinear behavior are observed here. A mass of qualitative analysis is also performed to assess the impact of the mistuning magnitude and excitation level on the vibration. The result shows that, vibration response of bladed disk is affected by excitation and mistuning level significantly. Local amplification coefficient of vibration response in the cases of different mistuning levels is obtained by introducing 10 random mistuned patterns. In addition, frequency splitting phenomena even appears at one of the blades by the contribution of high mistuning levels. According to the calculated results for different excitation levels, the curve of modal damping varying with response amplitude is gained. Lastly, rigidity mistuning is introduced and a combined analysis is performed to investigate the influence of friction damping mistuning on rigidity mistuning in the same 10 random mistuning patterns. The arrangement of dry friction damping mistuning also could be controlled to reduce the local vibration amplification originating from structure mistuning. However, further statistical investigations should be made to gain more information. (CSPE)


Author(s):  
Yaguang Wu ◽  
Yu Fan ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Jiuzhou Liu

In this paper we design an open-loop active normal force for dry friction dampers, aiming to enhance the damping effect. The active normal force is composed of a constant term plus a time-varying term with zero mean value. The constant term is the best constant normal force that minimizes the forced response in the resonant frequency band. The time-varying force can be expressed by the Fourier Series and here we assume that it is composed of four harmonics with respect to the excitation frequency. Overall eight unknown parameters are therefore to be determined, namely the combination coefficients of the fours harmonics and phase differences between them. First, the global sensitivity of these parameters with respect to the forced response are analysed, in order to select the most significant parameters and to eliminate the unimportant ones. To do that the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST) is performed based on the Lumped Parameter Model, where the forced response of is calculated by the Multi-Harmonic Balance Method (MHBM) combined with Alternating Frequency/Time domain (AFT). The arc-length continuation technique is used to improve the convergence. We found that the interaction between the amplitude and phase of the second harmonic significantly impacts the forced response around resonance frequencies. Then only these two parameters are considered to minimize the forced response in the frequency band, rather than considering all eight parameters. Results show that a further 25% reduction of the response peak can be achieved by the designed time-varying normal force in comparison with the best constant normal force. The proposed design process is applicable for any dry friction dampers if it is possible to impose an open-loop active normal force.


Author(s):  
Denis Laxalde ◽  
Fabrice Thouverez

In this paper, we study the non-linear dynamics of a multi-stage system of turbomachinery bladed disks with friction dampers. We focus on the quasi-periodic forced response of this system under multi-frequency rotating excitations. The system’s equations of the motion are expressed in the multi-frequency domain using a multi-frequency harmonic balance method in combination a multi-stage cyclic symmetry reduction. A Dynamic Lagrangian formulation in alternating frequency/time domains is also used for the calculation of the contact and friction forces. In applications we consider a system of two HP compressor stages of integrally bladed disks with friction ring dampers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengling Zhang ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yu Fan ◽  
Jiuzhou Liu

An enhanced SSDI (synchronized switch damping on inductor) approach is proposed to suppress the vibration of bladed disks in aero-engines. Different from the authors’ former work (MSSP, 2017; JIMSS, 2018) where a local SSDI circuit is shunted to the piezoelectric materials at each blade sector, in this work two blade sectors are interconnected by a shared SSDI circuit. In this way, the switching action of SSDI is triggered by the relative displacement between two blade sectors. The feasibility of the dual-connected SSDI is numerically examined by a 2-DOF (degree-of-freedom) mechanical system, and further experimentally validated on a single-beam and a double-beam system. Results show that the damping performance increases with the amplitude of relative displacement. This feature is especially favorable for the application of blisks where the blade normally vibrates in different amplitudes and phases. Eventually, we conduct numerical simulation on the forced response of mistuned bladed disk undergoing travelling wave excitation. Results show that the dual-connected configuration can reduce at least half the number of switching shunts while maintain nearly the same performance as the conventional (local) SSDI.


Author(s):  
Walter Sextro ◽  
Karl Popp ◽  
Ivo Wolter

Friction dampers are installed underneath the blade platforms to improve the reliability. Because of centrifugal forces the dampers are pressed onto the platforms. Due to dry friction and the relative motion between blades and dampers, energy is dissipated, which results in a reduction of blade vibration amplitudes. The geometry of the contact is in many cases like a Hertzian line contact. A three-dimensional motion of the blades results in a two-dimensional motion of one contact line of the friction dampers in the contact plane. An experiment with one friction damper between two blades is used to verify the two-dimensional contact model including microslip. By optimizing the friction dampers masses, the best damping effects are obtained. Finally, different methods are shown to calculate the envelope of a three-dimensional response of a detuned bladed disk assembly (V84.3-4th-stage turbine blade) with friction dampers.


Author(s):  
Adam Koscso ◽  
E. P. Petrov

Abstract One of the major sources of the damping of the forced vibration for bladed disk structures is the micro-slip motion at the contact interfaces of blade-disk joints. In this paper, the modeling strategies of nonlinear contact interactions at blade roots are examined using high-fidelity modelling of bladed disk assemblies and the nonlinear contact interactions at blade-disk contact patches. The analysis is performed in the frequency domain using multiharmonic harmonic balance method and analytically formulated node-to-node contact elements modelling frictional and gap nonlinear interactions. The effect of the number, location and distribution of nonlinear contact elements are analyzed using cyclically symmetric bladed disks. The possibility of using the number of the contact elements noticeably smaller than the total number of nodes in the finite element mesh created at the contact interface for the high-fidelity bladed disk model is demonstrated. The parameters for the modeling of the root damping are analysed for tuned and mistuned bladed disks. The geometric shapes of blade roots and corresponding slots in disks cannot be manufactured perfectly and there is inevitable root joint geometry variability within the manufacturing tolerances. Based on these tolerances, the extreme cases of the geometry variation are defined and the assessment of the possible effects of the root geometry variation on the nonlinear forced response are performed based on a set of these extreme cases.


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