Experimental Determination of Dynamic Characteristics of a Full Size Gas Turbine Tilting-Pad Journal Bearing by an Impact Test Method

Measurements have been taken on an experimental rotor-bearing test rig which consists of a full size gas turbine shaft supported by two five-pad tilting-pad journal bearings. The impact test method was applied by exciting one end of the shaft in-situ by means of a hammer blow. Impact forces and response displacements were collected and analysed with suitable corrections for runout effect. Averaged frequency response spectra thus obtained were used in a parameter estimation procedure to calculate the dynamic coefficients of the tested tilting-pad journal bearing. An analytical single degree-of-freedom model was employed and one of the input parameters in the mechanical model, the effective mass, was found to significantly influence the estimated results. The measured stiffness and damping coefficients are compared with results predicted by a bearing design program. Possible sources of discrepancies between experimental and theoretical results are discussed.

Recognition of Bearing Faults of the Same Kind

Condition monitoring has gained much acceptance because of the reduction of maintenance expenses and the increase of rate of equipment utilization. It is very important that the serious degrees of machinery faults is correctly predicted. Two faults in a bearing part is, of course, more serious than the single fault is. If the features of bearing faults of the same kind are not recognized, faults of the same kind are, then, mistaken for a single fault, the serious consequences may be caused. The features of bearing faults of the same kind are presented and the illustrations are given in the paper. Meanwhile, the correct equation of roller’ s fault characteristic frequency is expounded conveniently.

Structure Damage Detection via the Behavior of Substructure

A mechanical system generally consists of many substructures. However, it is impossible to observe the dynamic behavior of any substructure directly when the whole structure is in operation. A method was proposed in this work to determine the FRFs of a substructure by using the measured FRFs of the whole structure and the priorly known FRFs of another substructure With this method, one can detect the structural damage more easily by observing the change of the FRFs of the damaged substructure.

Optimal Design of Vibration Absorber Systems Supported by Elastic Base

This paper presents the effect of foundation flexibility on the optimum design of vibration absorbers. Flexibility of the base is incorporated into the absorber system equations of motion through an equivalent damping ratio and stiffness value in the direction of motion at the connection point. The optimum values of the uncoupled natural frequency and damping ratio of the absorber are determined over a range of excitation frequencies and the primary system damping ratio. The design parameters are computed and compared for the rigid, static, and dynamic models of the base as well as different levels of base flexibility.

Identification of Viscously Damped Distributed Structural Dynamic Systems

A frequency domain identification technique applicable to damped distributed structural dynamic systems is presented. The technique is developed for beams whose behavior can be modeled using the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. External damping of the system is included by means of a linear viscous damping model. Parameters to be identified, mass, stiffness and damping distributions are assumed to be continuous functions over the beam. The response at a discrete number of points along the length of the beam for a given forcing function is used as the data for identification. The identification scheme involves approximating the infinite dimensional response and parameter spaces by using quintic B-splines and cubic cardinal splines, respectively. A Galerkin type weighted residual procedure, in conjunction with the least squares technique, is employed to determine the unknown parameters. Numerically simulated response data for an applied impulse load are utilized to validate the developed technique. Estimated values for the mass, stiffness and damping distributions are discussed.

Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of a Slider-Crank Mechanism With Flexible Coupler and Joint

Modeling and dynamic analysis of a slider-crank mechanism with flexible joint and coupler is presented. The equations of motion of the mechanism model are formulated using a virtual work multibody formalism and cast in terms of a minimum set of generalized coordinates through a Jacobian matrix expansion. Numerical results show the influence of time-varying coefficients on the mechanism dynamic behavior due to a repeated task. The results illustrate that the joint motion and coupler deformation are highly coupled. The joint response is dominated by double frequency of input, however, the coupler deformation is influenced by the same frequency as that of excitation. Increase in joint stiffness tends to decrease the variations in coupler deformation.

Structural Modification Simulation: Sensitivity Analysis and the Reanalysis of Modified Structure

This paper deals with the dynamic modification simulation of the structure. The expressions of sensitivity analysis of the system with non-proportional damping and proportional damping are derived at first. As for the reanalysis of modified structure, here we deal with the system to which the modification do not cause any change of the degrees of freedom. Transfer function analysis method and the method of twice coordinate transformation are expounded. As a successful example, the modification simulation of the frame of a dump truck is explained.

A Method of On-Line Analysis for Mechanical Dynamic Characteristic

In this paper, a method of multipoint pseudorandom combined excitation with the orthogonal reciprocal repeated sequences (ORRS) is presented on the background of the on-line identification of the multivariate rotor system. The capacaty of the restraint to the identification error caused by the non-random D. C. drift of the multi-input excitation with the ORRS in the rotor system is also discussed. The validity of the method described in this paper is proved by the modelling tests of the multi-plate rotor system.

Modal Control by Modal Force Technique

Modal control of structure requires the estimation of the modal states variables for feedback. One approach that does not require modal states variables estimation is the direct feedback control. Recent developments in modal control for direct feedback are mainly time domain methods. In this paper, an efficient method based on frequency domain approach named Modal Force Technique is developed. The method not only allows one to modify the global dynamic behavior of the synthesized structure but also can be utilized for modal control problem if the acceleration, velocity and displacement feedbacks are used.

Experimental Research on Longitudinal Wave Velocity of Fiber Glass Rod and its Internal Viscous Damping

Fiber glass rod (i.e. FGR) is an uniaxial fiber reinforced plastic. In the movement of the rods, some dynamic characteristics such as the wave velocity and the damped coefficient are most important dynamic factors in analysis of the dynamic response of the rods. Generally, FGR are composed of two materials, fibers and resins. The particularities of the parameters for the wave velocity, etc of FGR are mainly depend on these two materials of different properties. This paper studies longitudinal velocity for FGR theoretecally and measure it by vibration method. The viscous damped coefficient is also measured by the theory of viscoelasticity. This paper presents that the viscous damped characteristic of material is mainly depend on the coupling mass between the rods.