Free vibration analysis of the hard-coating splitter blisk using the energy-based finite element method

This paper presents the free vibration analysis of the hard-coating splitter blisk (known as the splitter blisk deposited hard coating) and the damping-improved performance of the hard coating for vibration suppression of the splitter blisk. Based on the proposed energy-based finite element method by the energy considerations, complex modulus theory and composite Mindlin plate theory, the equations of motion of hard-coating splitter blisk are formulated. And, the complex solutions for free vibration problem are then solved, whose real and imaginary parts are closely related to natural frequencies and loss factors. Considering the academic splitter blisk deposited NiCoCrAlY+YSZ hard coating as the benchmark, the comparisons for vibration characteristics of hard-coating splitter blisk originating from different sources are performed for model validation, and the influence of hard coating on the dynamics of splitter blisk are also investigated. The numerical results reveal that the vibration amplitudes of splitter blisk are suppressed remarkably by the hard coating without altering natural frequencies significantly.