scholarly journals Study on Vibration and Bifurcation of an Aeroengine Rotor System with Elastic Ring Squeeze Film Damper

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Guoying Pang ◽  
Shuqian Cao ◽  
Yushu Chen ◽  
Huizheng Chen

To analyze the problem of vibration and bifurcation in the rotor system of the aeroengine with the elastic ring squeeze film damper (ERSFD) and elastic supports, the theoretical equation of the dynamic rotor system is developed in this paper, based on the rotor system, elastic ring squeeze film damper (ERSFD), and three elastic supports. The estimated analytical solution of the oil film force is solved using the short bearing approximation theory and the semi-oil film inference theory in the suspension and the inner and outer boss contact. Considering the oil film stiffness and damping of rolling bearings, the rolling bearing force model is established based on the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) theory. By the average method, the vibration and bifurcation modes are obtained concerning the bearing coefficient and parameters. The range optimization of parameters can be appropriately improved to enhance the dynamic characteristics of the device given different parameters of the hole of oil seepage, the stiffness, the position of elastic supports, and other structural parameters.

Author(s):  
ZhenLin Wang ◽  
Ning Xu ◽  
XiangYu Yu ◽  
ZhanSheng Liu ◽  
GuangHui Zhang

SFD (short for squeeze film damper) is a kind of passive vibration isolator widely used in rotor supporting structures of aero-engines for stabilization and vibration control. However, the conventional SFDs are highly nonlinear in terms of damping coefficient, which lead to complex response such as bitable state. In this paper, numerical simulations are carried out to investigate a new kind of SFD, elastic ring squeeze film damper (ERSFD). The elastic ring is modeled by FEM and the film is analyzed by CFD, the orifices on the ring is also included. An FSI approach is introduced to account for the influence of elastic ring’s deformation on oil film thickness. The Zwart-Gerber-Belamri model is included to account for air ingestion and cavitation in the damper land. The characteristics such as pressure distribution, oil film force and the deformation of the ring are obtained and compared with the results without FSI to reveal the self-adaptive mechanism of film thickness. The force coefficients for ERSFD are derived and gained by the FFT method. The dynamic coefficients for ERSFD versus whirl frequency are obtained and compared with corresponding air volume fraction.


Author(s):  
T. N. Shiau ◽  
C. R. Wang ◽  
D. S. Liu ◽  
W. C. Hsu ◽  
T. H. Young

An investigation is carried out the analysis of nonlinear dynamic behavior on effects of rub-impact caused by oil-rupture in a multi-shafts turbine system with a squeeze film damper. Main components of a multi-shafts turbine system includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft, an impeller shaft, ball bearings and a squeeze film damper. In the squeeze film damper, oil forces can be derived from the short bearing approximation and cavitated film assumption. The system equations of motion are formulated by the global assumed mode method (GAMM) and Lagrange’s approach. The nonlinear behavior of a multi-shafts turbine system which includes the trajectories in time domain, frequency spectra, Poincaré maps, and bifurcation diagrams are investigated. Numerical results show that large vibration amplitude is observed in steady state at rotating speed ratio adjacent to the first natural frequency when there is no squeeze film damper. The nonlinear dynamic behavior of a multi-shafts turbine system goes in its way into aperiodic motion due to oil-rupture and it is unlike the usual way (1T = >2T = >4T = >8T etc) as compared to one shaft rotor system. The typical routes of bifurcation to aperiodic motion are observed in a multi-shafts turbine rotor system and they suddenly turn into aperiodic motion from the periodic motion without any transition. Consequently, the increasing of geometric or oil parameters such as clearance or lubricant viscosity will improve the performance of SFD bearing.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Cui ◽  
Yuxi Huang ◽  
Guogang Yang ◽  
Yongliang Wang ◽  
Han Zhang

Abstract A nonlinear multi-degree-of-freedom dynamic model of a coupled dual-rotor system with an intershaft bearing and uncentralized squeeze film damper is established by using finite element method. Based on the model, the critical speed characteristic diagram and vibration modes of the system were calculated. The steady-state unbalance response is obtained by using Newmark-β algorithm. The numerical results show the effect of SFD position in the dual-rotor system on response amplitude. It is found that with the decrease of radial clearance and the increase of length-diameter ratio and lubricating oil viscosity, the damping effect of SFD is enhanced and the bistable state phenomenon can be suppressed. The transient response of the system in case of sudden unbalance occurring at the fan was simulated by applying a step function. It is demonstrated that the SFD can effectively reduce the duration and maximum amplitude of the transient process, but at certain speeds, the SFD will increase the amplitude after the system returns to steady state, the damping effect on the transient response is also enhanced with the increase of length-diameter and the decrease of radial clearance, and with the increase of the sudden unbalance value, the response is more likely to stabilized at the high amplitude state of the bistable state.


Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Xiaohua Gan ◽  
Guangming Ren

During aircraft maneuvering flights, engine's rotor-bearing systems are subjected to parametric excitations and additional inertial forces, which may cause severe vibration and abnormal operation. Based on Lagrange's principle combined with finite element modeling, the differential equations of motion for a squeeze film damped rotor-bearing system mounted on an aircraft in maneuvering flight are derived. Using Newmark–Hilber–Hughes–Taylor integration method, dynamic characteristics of the nonlinear rotor system under maneuvering flight are investigated. The factors are considered, involving mass unbalance, oil–film force, gravity, parametric excitations and additional inertial forces, and instantaneous static eccentricity of journal induced by maneuvering loads. The effects of forward velocity, radius of curvature, rotating speed, mass unbalance, oil–film clearance, and elastic support stiffness on transient responses of rotor system are discussed during diving–climbing maneuver. The results indicate that when the aircraft performs a diving–climbing maneuver in the vertical plane, the journal deviates from the center of oil–film outer ring, and the excursion direction of whirl orbit is determined by centrifugal acceleration and additional gyroscopic moment. The journal whirls asynchronously around the instantaneous static eccentricity and its magnitude is related to the maneuvering loads and the supporting stiffness. Increasing forward velocity or decreasing pitching radius, the rotor vibration will enter earlier into or withdraw later from the relatively large eccentricity. Rotating near critical speeds or excessive mass unbalances should be prevented during maneuvering flights. For large maneuver, the oil–film radial clearance needs to be enlarged properly to avoid hard contact between journal and outer ring. In addition, the stiffness of elastic support needs to be appropriately determined for damping performance. Overall, it provides a flexible approach with good expandability to predict dynamic characteristics of on-board squeeze-film damped rotor system during maneuvering flights in the design process.


Author(s):  
Qihan Li ◽  
James F. Hamilton

A method is presented for calculating the dynamics of a dual-rotor gas turbine engine equipped with a flexible intershaft squeeze-film damper. The method is based on the functional expansion component synthesis method. The transient response of the rotor due to a suddenly applied unbalance in the high-pressure turbine under different steady-speed operations is calculated. The damping effects of the intershaft damper and stability of the rotor system are investigated.


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