Assessment of Bearing Heat Generation Prediction by the Program ADORE With Respect to Experimental Results and SHABERTH Predictions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Nicholson ◽  
Garry D. Givan ◽  
Kevin L. Thompson ◽  
Justin Mason ◽  
Pradeep K. Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Generation ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Shaft ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
Rolling Elements ◽  
Good Agreement

This work details the heat generation analysis of a turbine aero-engine main-shaft bearing using the computer program Advanced Dynamics Of Rolling Elements (ADORE). The empirical models used for traction and churning heat generation are detailed. The predictions of ADORE are shown to demonstrate the differing contributions of traction and churning to total heat generation at different load/speed regimes. These results are then compared with experimental results. In addition, the results of ADORE are also compared with results from the well-known bearing analysis program SHABERTH (Shaft Bearing Thermal Analysis). The comparisons showed good agreement between ADORE and the experimental results for loads between 13.35 and 53.40 kN and speeds between 1.8 and 2.2 MDN. The results also showed under prediction of heat generation by SHABERTH in this regime. Limitations of both programs were identified and speculated to include limitations in the empirical models due to the lack of available experimental traction data at high speeds/loads. Finally, recommendations for future research are provided which will likely provide significant improvements in the ability to predict bearing heat generation in turbine aero-engine applications.

Heat Generation in a Main-Shaft Turbine Aero-Engine Bearing Considering Metal and Ceramic Rolling Elements

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Nicholson ◽  
Jeremy T. Nickell
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Main Shaft ◽  
New Model ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
Rolling Elements ◽  
Thrust Load

This work details an analytical assessment of heat generation in a turbine aero-engine main-shaft bearing and the development of a model to predict that heat generation. The new model is based on an empirical model, previously developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), which features physics based terms multiplied by empirical regression coefficients. That model proved to be limited in that portions of the terms were essentially an extension of the regression coefficients due to the fact that the experimental data was limited to that of one bearing. Additionally, there were separate models for each rolling element material. To develop the new model, the validated bearing analysis code ADORE was used to generate power loss data for angular contact ball bearings of various sizes. The effects of speed, thrust load, pitch diameter, element diameter, number of rolling elements, lubricant inlet temperature, lubricant flow rate, and rolling element material (AISI M50 bearing steel and silicon nitride) are examined. Speed and thrust load are addressed at four levels each. Number of elements, bore diameter, and element diameter as well as lubricant temperature and flow rate are each addressed at three levels. These effects are captured in the model through traction (friction), churning (drag), and shearing (viscous) terms and their respective regression coefficients. The material effect is address through the use of an effective elastic modulus within an estimate of raceway to rolling element contact area. The performance of the model was then compared with experimental data collected in the AFRL High Mach Engine (HME) Bearing Rig. The model created in this work provides designers with an effective tool to examine bearing heat generation during the early engine design phases, avoiding the significant computational and front end expense of other, more detailed methods.

Inducing Frictional Force to Enhance the Transient Response in Beams

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Hamed Khanger Mina ◽  
Waleed K. Al-Ashtrai
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Transient Response ◽  
Frictional Force ◽  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Damping Capacity ◽  
Tightening Force ◽  
Contact Areas ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Ansys Workbench

This paper studies the effect of contact areas on the transient response of mechanical structures. Precisely, it investigates replacing the ordinary beam of a structure by two beams of half the thickness, which are joined by bolts. The response of these beams is controlled by adjusting the tightening of the connecting bolts and hence changing the magnitude of the induced frictional force between the two beams which affect the beams damping capacity. A cantilever of two beams joined together by bolts has been investigated numerically and experimentally. The numerical analysis was performed using ANSYS-Workbench version 17.2. A good agreement between the numerical and experimental results has been obtained. In general, results showed that the two beams vibrate independently when the bolts were loosed and the structure stiffness is about 20 N/m and the damping ratio is about 0.008. With increasing the bolts tightening, the stiffness and the damping ratio of the structure were also increased till they reach their maximum values when the tightening force equals to 8330 N, where the structure now has stiffness equals to 88 N/m and the damping ratio is about 0.062. Beyond this force value, increasing the bolts tightening has no effect on stiffness of the structure while the damping ratio is decreased until it returned to 0.008 when the bolts tightening becomes immense and the beams behave as one beam of double thickness.

PHOTOINDUCED NONLINEAR OCTUPOLAR POLARIZATION: TRANSIENT AND PERMANENT REGIMES

1996 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 653-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
CÉLINE FIORINI ◽  
JEAN-MICHEL NUNZI ◽  
FABRICE CHARRA ◽  
IFOR D.W. SAMUEL ◽  
JOSEPH ZYSS
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Polar Field ◽  
Rotational Spectrum ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ethyl Violet ◽  
Disperse Red 1 ◽  
Good Agreement

An original poling method using purely optical means and based on a dual-frequency interference process is presented. We show that the coherent superposition of two beams at fundamental and second-harmonic frequencies results in a polar field with an irreducible rotational spectrum containing both a vector and an octupolar component. This enables the method to be applied even to molecules without a permanent dipole such as octupolar molecules. After a theoretical analysis of the process, we describe different experiments aiming at light-induced noncentrosymmetry performed respectively on one-dimensional Disperse Red 1 and octupolar Ethyl Violet molecules. Macroscopic octupolar patterning of the induced order is demonstrated in both transient and permanent regimes. Experimental results show good agreement with theory.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study of the Decomposition and Carbonation of Magnesium Carbonate for Medium Temperature Thermochemical Energy Storage

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1316
Author(s):  
Daniel Mahon ◽  
Gianfranco Claudio ◽  
Philip Eames
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Magnesium Carbonate ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medium Temperature ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Decomposition Enthalpy ◽  
Co2 Atmosphere

To improve the energy efficiency of an industrial process thermochemical energy storage (TCES) can be used to store excess or typically wasted thermal energy for utilisation later. Magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) has a turning temperature of 396 °C, a theoretical potential to store 1387 J/g and is low cost (~GBP 400/1000 kg). Research studies that assess MgCO3 for use as a medium temperature TCES material are lacking, and, given its theoretical potential, research to address this is required. Decomposition (charging) tests and carbonation (discharging) tests at a range of different temperatures and pressures, with selected different gases used during the decomposition tests, were conducted to gain a better understanding of the real potential of MgCO3 for medium temperature TCES. The thermal decomposition (charging) of MgCO3 has been investigated using thermal analysis techniques including simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (TGA/DSC), TGA with attached residual gas analyser (RGA) and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) (up to 650 °C). TGA, DSC and RGA data have been used to quantify the thermal decomposition enthalpy from each MgCO3.xH2O thermal decomposition step and separate the enthalpy from CO2 decomposition and H2O decomposition. Thermal analysis experiments were conducted at different temperatures and pressures (up to 40 bar) in a CO2 atmosphere to investigate the carbonation (discharging) and reversibility of the decarbonation–carbonation reactions for MgCO3. Experimental results have shown that MgCO3.xH2O has a three-step thermal decomposition, with a total decomposition enthalpy of ~1050 J/g under a nitrogen atmosphere. After normalisation the decomposition enthalpy due to CO2 loss equates to 1030–1054 J/g. A CO2 atmosphere is shown to change the thermal decomposition (charging) of MgCO3.xH2O, requiring a higher final temperature of ~630 °C to complete the decarbonation. The charging input power of MgCO3.xH2O was shown to vary from 4 to 8136 W/kg with different isothermal temperatures. The carbonation (discharging) of MgO was found to be problematic at pressures up to 40 bar in a pure CO2 atmosphere. The experimental results presented show MgCO3 has some characteristics that make it a candidate for thermochemical energy storage (high energy storage potential) and other characteristics that are problematic for its use (slow discharge) under the experimental test conditions. This study provides a comprehensive foundation for future research assessing the feasibility of using MgCO3 as a medium temperature TCES material. Future research to determine conditions that improve the carbonation (discharging) process of MgO is required.

scholarly journals Comparison of Experimental and Numerical Transient Drop Deformation during Transition through Orifices in High-Pressure Homogenizers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Benedikt Mutsch ◽  
Peter Walzel ◽  
Christian J. Kähler
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Imaging Technique ◽  
Extensional Flow ◽  
Droplet Breakup ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Drop Deformation ◽  
Droplet Deformation ◽  
Shadow Imaging ◽  
Good Agreement

The droplet deformation in dispersing units of high-pressure homogenizers (HPH) is examined experimentally and numerically. Due to the small size of common homogenizer nozzles, the visual analysis of the transient droplet generation is usually not possible. Therefore, a scaled setup was used. The droplet deformation was determined quantitatively by using a shadow imaging technique. It is shown that the influence of transient stresses on the droplets caused by laminar extensional flow upstream the orifice is highly relevant for the droplet breakup behind the nozzle. Classical approaches based on an equilibrium assumption on the other side are not adequate to explain the observed droplet distributions. Based on the experimental results, a relationship from the literature with numerical simulations adopting different models are used to determine the transient droplet deformation during transition through orifices. It is shown that numerical and experimental results are in fairly good agreement at limited settings. It can be concluded that a scaled apparatus is well suited to estimate the transient droplet formation up to the outlet of the orifice.

Simulation of Sphere’s Motion Induced by Shock Waves

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Igra ◽  
Ozer Igra ◽  
Lazhar Houas ◽  
Georges Jourdan
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Drag Force ◽  
Stationary Flow ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Sphere Drag ◽  
Simulation Scheme ◽  
Good Agreement

Simulations of experimental results appearing in Jourdan et al. (2007, “Drag Coefficient of a Sphere in a Non-Stationary Flow: New Results,”Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 463, pp. 3323–3345) regarding acceleration of a sphere by the postshock flow were conducted in order to find the contribution of the various parameters affecting the sphere drag force. Based on the good agreement found between present simulations and experimental findings, it is concluded that the proposed simulation scheme could safely be used for evaluating the sphere’s motion in the postshock flow.

Review of Fire Performance Experiment of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns

2014 ◽  
Vol 638-640 ◽  
pp. 1397-1401
Author(s):  
Kai Xiang ◽  
Guo Hui Wang ◽  
Yan Chong Pan
Keyword(s):  
Load Ratio ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fire Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tubular Columns ◽  
Cross Sectional Dimension ◽  
Cfst Columns ◽  
In Fire

This paper presents a review of research progress in fire performance of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns. Experimental results of CFST columns in fire are reviewed with influence parameters, such as heights, cross-sectional dimension, section types, concrete types, concrete strengths, load ratio, load eccentricity, fire exposed sides and so on. Some conclusions of CFST columns under fire conditions are summarized. Deficiencies in the fire performance experiments of CFST columns are identified, which provide the focus for future research in the field.

Viscoelastic Deformation of PC/ABS Alloy

2007 ◽  
Vol 353-358 ◽  
pp. 1229-1232
Author(s):  
Z.N. Yin ◽  
L.F. Fan ◽  
Tie Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Relaxation Modulus ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Viscoelastic Deformation ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical ◽  
Storage And Loss Moduli ◽  
Static Relaxation ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Good Agreement

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) and static relaxation tests are carried out to study the viscoelastic deformation of PC/ABS alloy with blending ratio of PC to ABS being 50/50. A modified approach is developed to calculate the relaxation modulus of PC/ABS alloy from the DMA experimental results of storage and loss moduli. Comparison of the results obtained from DMA and static relaxation tests is presented and good agreement is found.

Influence of the Morphology on the Optical Properties of Nanocermet Films: A Renormalization Approach

1990 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Berthier ◽  
K. Driss-Khodja
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Critical Exponents ◽  
Inhomogeneous Media ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Percolation Transition ◽  
Position Space ◽  
Renormalization Approach ◽  
2D And 3D ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Effective Medium Models

ABSTRACTIn order to take into account the actual morphology of the inhomogeneous media, we have developed, effective medium models based on a 2D and 3D position space renormalization /1,2/. These models predict the dipolar resonance and the percolation transition with critical exponents in good agreement with theoretical values and fairly reproduce most of the experimental results, whatever the concentration is. Further more, this allows a valuable comparison of the predictions of our models when applied on different lattices like real digitized TEM of cermet films or randomly occupied lattices.

Experimental Study and Finite Analysis on Flexural Capacity of Laminated Glass

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 258-262
Author(s):  
Jun Chen ◽  
Jia Lv ◽  
Qi Lin Zhang ◽  
Zhi Xiong Tao ◽  
Jun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Results ◽  
Laminated Glass ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Flexural Capacity ◽  
Equivalent Thickness ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Safety Glass ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Good Agreement

Laminated glass has been increasing widely used in high rise buildings as a kind of safety glass in recent years. So we should analyze its material property. In this paper, we use flexural experiments and ANSYS program to analyze the main factors that affect the flexural capacity of the laminated glass. The test results show that the flexural capacity is closely related to film. And the ANSYS program had got good agreement with the experimental results. Comparison of experimental results with calculated ones indicates that the current design code will lead to conservative results and the equivalent thickness of laminated glasses provided in the code should be further discussed.

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