Effect of Steam Turbine Rotor Notch Fillet Radius on Stress and Deformation

2013 ◽  
Vol 860-863 ◽  
pp. 1770-1781
Author(s):  
Dong Mei Ji ◽  
M. H. Herman Shen ◽  
Shi Hua Yang ◽  
Gang Xia
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Steam Turbine Rotor ◽  
Fillet Radius ◽  
Start Up

A thorough investigation on the effect of a 320MW steam turbine rotor notch fillet radius on thermal and mechanical stresses during start up is presented. The approach consists of a shape design and analysis procedure which incorporates a finite element model. The finite element model is used to characterize the radius of the rotor notch fillet for ensuring the designed thermal and mechanical stress state/pattern and associated deflection during start-up. The results indicate that the notch fillet radius r has significant impact on the total stress of the rotor, in particular on thermal stress. It is determined that the thermal stress is decreased as the notch fillet radius r increases to a critical value. However, the thermal stress becomes saturated as the radius is increased to values larger than the critical value. The results also indicate that the rotor notch fillet radius has little effect on the deflection of the rotor during start-up. This investigation could be very useful to designers for construction of the design guidelines for steam turbine rotors.

On real-time creep damage prediction for steam turbine

2022 ◽  
pp. 014233122110689
Author(s):  
Yongjian Sun ◽  
Bo Xu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Damage Prediction ◽  
Time Calculation

In this paper, in order to solve the calculation problem of creep damage of steam turbine rotor, a real-time calculation method based on finite element model is proposed. The temperature field and stress field of the turbine rotor are calculated using finite element analysis software. The temperature data and stress data of the crucial positions are extracted. The data of temperature, pressure, rotational speed, and stress relating to creep damage calculation are normalized. A real-time creep stress calculation model is established by multiple regression method. After that, the relation between stress and damage function is analyzed and fitted, and creep damage is calculated in real-time. A creep damage real-time calculation system is constructed for practical turbine engineering. Finally, a numerical simulation experiment is designed and carried out to verify the effectiveness of this novel approach. Contributions of present work are that a practical solution for real-time creep damage prediction of steam turbine is supplied. It relates the real-time creep damage prediction to process parameters of steam turbine, and it bridges the gap between the theoretical research works and practical engineering.

Mechanical Analysis of Porous Concrete Base in Asphalt Pavement

2012 ◽  
Vol 443-444 ◽  
pp. 751-756
Author(s):  
Li Jun Suo ◽  
Xia Guang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Porous Concrete ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Concrete Base

In China, it is fact that porous concrete base has been used in the construction of asphalt pavement in recent years because porous concrete base has good performance. However, Reasonable design method has not been put forward so far. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze load stress and thermal stress of asphalt pavement which includes porous concrete base in order to put forward theoretical basis for pavement design method. In the paper, three–dimension finite element model of asphalt pavement, which includes porous concrete base and asphalt surface, is created for the purpose of studying load stress and thermal stress of porous concrete base in asphalt pavement. Based on numerical method of three–dimension finite element model, finite element software, such as ANSYS, is employed to study load stress and thermal stress of porous concrete base in asphalt pavement. After that, the effect of different factors on stress is studied, and the factors include thickness of surface, thickness of base and ratio of base’s modulus to foundation’s modulus. Finally, calculation results for stress are compared with each other, and it shows that load stress of porous concrete base decreases with increase of base’s thickness, while thermal stress of porous concrete base increases with increase of base’s thickness. Load stress and thermal stress of porous concrete base decrease with increase of surface’s thickness. Load stress and thermal stress of porous concrete base increase with increase of ratio of base’s modulus to foundation’s modulus.

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS OF A STEAM TURBINE ROTOR USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

1970 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
R. Nagendra Babu ◽  
K. V. Ramana ◽  
K. Mallikarjuna Rao
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Steam Turbine Rotor ◽  
Fine Mesh ◽  
Concentration Factors ◽  
Stress Concentration Factors

Stress Concentration Factors are significant in machine design as it gives rise to localized stress when any change in the design of surface or abrupt change in the cross section occurs. Almost all machine components and structural members contain some form of geometrical or microstructural discontinuities. These discontinuities are very dangerous and lead to failure. So, it is very much essential to analyze the stress concentration factors for critical applications like Turbine Rotors. In this paper Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with extremely fine mesh in the vicinity of the blades of Steam Turbine Rotor is applied to determine stress concentration factors.Keywords: Stress Concentration Factors; FiniteElement Analysis; ANSYS.DOI: 10.3329/jme.v40i2.5355Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. ME 40, No. 2, December 2009 137-141

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