Mistuning Identification for Rotating Bladed Disks Using Stationary Measurements and Reduced Order Models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Kurstak ◽  
Karsten Look ◽  
Kiran D'Souza
2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olguta Marinescu ◽  
Bogdan I. Epureanu ◽  
Mihaela Banu

Predicting the influence of cracks on the dynamics of bladed disks is a very important challenge. Cracks change the structural response, which in turn changes the crack propagation characteristics. Hence, accurate and computationally effective means to model the dynamics of cracked bladed disks and blisks is particularly crucial in applications such as prognosis, guidance for repairs, characterization after repairs, design, and structural health monitoring. Most current models of bladed disks exploit cyclic symmetry to gain computational efficiency. However, the presence of cracks and mistuning destroys that symmetry and makes computational predictions much more expensive. In this work, we propose a new reduced order modeling methodology that can speed up computations by several orders of magnitude. There are two key components of the new methodology. First, the displacements and deformations of the crack surfaces are not modeled in absolute coordinates but relative coordinates, which allows for an effective model reduction based on (fixed-interface Craig–Bampton) component mode synthesis (CMS). The use of relative coordinates allows one to define one of the components in CMS as the pristine/uncracked structure (with mistuning). This approach is used in combination with a set of accurate approximations for the constraint modes used in CMS. Second, the effects of mistuning are captured by component mode mistuning, which allows the construction of extremely efficient reduced order models for the pristine/uncracked component with mistuning. The novel proposed method is applied to a finite element model of an industrial blisk. The combined presence of mistuning and cracks is shown to have important effects. Also, the proposed approach is shown to provide accurate predictions for the overall blisk while requiring computations using single-sector models only. The influence of various parameters on the accuracy of the reduced order models is investigated. Overall, the results show a very good agreement between full finite element analyses and the proposed reduced order modeling approach.


Author(s):  
Olguta Marinescu ◽  
Bogdan I. Epureanu ◽  
Mihaela Banu

Predicting the influence of cracks on the dynamics of bladed disks is a very important challenge. Cracks change the structural response, which in turn changes the crack propagation characteristics. Hence, accurate and computationally effective means to model the dynamics of cracked bladed disks and blisks is particularly crucial in applications such as prognosis, guidance for repairs, characterization after repairs, design, and structural health monitoring. Most current models of bladed disks exploit cyclic symmetry to gain computational efficiency. However, the presence of cracks and mistuning destroys that symmetry and makes computational predictions much more expensive. In this work, we propose a new reduced order modeling methodology which can speed up computations by several orders of magnitude. There are two key components of the new methodology. First, the displacements and deformations of the crack surfaces are not modeled in absolute coordinates but relative coordinates. That allows for an effective model reduction based on (fixed-interface Craig-Bampton) component mode synthesis (CMS). The use of relative coordinates allows one to define one of the components in CMS as the pristine/uncracked structure (with mistuning). This approach is used in combination with a set of accurate approximations for the constraint modes used in CMS. Second, the effects of mistuning are captured by component mode mistuning (CMM) which allows the construction of extremely efficient reduced order models for the pristine/uncracked component with mistuning. The novel proposed method is applied to a finite element model of an industrial blisk. The combined presence of mistuning and cracks is shown to have important effects. Also, the proposed approach is shown to provide accurate predictions for the overall blisk while requiring computations using single-sector models only. The influence of various parameters on the accuracy of the reduced order models is investigated. Overall, the results show a very good agreement between full finite element analyses and the proposed reduced order modeling approach.


Author(s):  
Seunghun Baek ◽  
Yixin Zhao ◽  
Bogdan Epureanu

A technique for generating reduced order models (ROMs) of bladed disks with small geometric mistuning is proposed. Discrepancies in structural properties (mistuning) from blade to blade can cause a significant increase in the maximum vibratory stress. The effects of mistuning have been studied over the past few decades. Many researchers have studied the dynamic behavior of mistuned bladed disks by using ROMs. Many of these techniques rely on the fact that the modes of a mistuned system can be approximated by a linear combination of modes of the corresponding tuned system. Also, the tuned system modes have been modeled in component mode mistuning by using modal participation factors of cantilevered blade modes. Such techniques assume that mistuning can be well modeled as variations in blade alone frequencies. However, since geometric deformations contain stiffness and mass variations, mistuning can no longer be captured by cantilevered blade modes alone. To address this, a new technique is presented for generating ROMs of bladed disks with small geometric mistuning which may be a more general case of mistuning in practice.


Author(s):  
Eric Kurstak ◽  
Ryan Wilber ◽  
Kiran D’Souza

A considerable amount of research has been conducted to develop reduced order models of bladed disks that can be constructed using single sector calculations when there is mistuning present. A variety of methods have been developed to efficiently handle different types of mistuning ranging from small frequency mistuning, which can be modeled using a variety of methods including component mode mistuning (CMM), to large geometric mistuning, which can be modeled using multiple techniques including pristine rogue interface modal expansion (PRIME). Research has also been conducted on developing reduced order models that can accommodate the variation of specific parameters in the reduced space; these models are referred to as parametric reduced order models (PROMs). This work introduces a PROM for bladed disks that allows for the variation of rotational speed in the reduced space. These PROMs are created by extracting information from sector models at three rotational speeds, and then the appropriate reduced order model is efficiently constructed in the reduced space at any other desired speed. This work integrates these new PROMs for bladed disks with two existing mistuning methods, CMM and PRIME, to illustrate how the method can be readily applied for a variety of mistuning methods. Frequencies and forced response calculations using these new PROMs are compared to the full order finite element calculations to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.


2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seunghun Baek ◽  
Bogdan Epureanu

A technique for generating reduced-order models (ROMs) of bladed disks with small geometric mistuning is proposed. Discrepancies in structural properties (mistuning) from blade to blade can cause a significant increase in the maximum vibratory stress. The effects of mistuning have been studied over the past few decades. Many researchers have studied the dynamic behavior of mistuned bladed disks by using ROMs. Many of these techniques rely on the fact that the modes of a mistuned system can be approximated by a linear combination of modes of the corresponding tuned system. In addition, the tuned system modes have been modeled in component mode mistuning by using modal participation factors of cantilevered blade modes. Such techniques assume that mistuning can be well modeled as variations in blade-alone frequencies. However, since geometric deformations contain stiffness and mass variations, mistuning can no longer be captured by cantilevered blade modes alone. To address this, several studies have focused on large and small geometric mistuning. These studies exploited the difference between tuned (with perturbed geometry) and nominal tuned mode shapes. In this work, we extend on that approach and devote particular attention to the development of ROMs of bladed disks with small geometric mistuning. The methodology requires only sector-level calculations and therefore can be applied to highly refined, realistic models of industrial size.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 942-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Moyroud ◽  
T. Fransson ◽  
G. Jacquet-Richardet

The high performance bladed disks used in today’s turbomachines must meet strict standards in terms of aeroelastic stability and resonant response level. One structural characteristic that can significantly impact on both these areas is that of bladed disk mistuning. To predict the effects of mistuning, computational efficient methods are much needed to make free-vibration and forced-response analyses of full assembly finite element (FE) models feasible in both research and industrial environments. Due to the size and complexity of typical industrial bladed disk models, one must resort to robust and systematic reduction techniques to produce reduced-order models of sufficient accuracy. The objective of this paper is to compare two prevalent reduction methods on representative test rotors, including a modern design industrial shrouded bladed disk, in terms of accuracy (for frequencies and mode shapes), reduction order, computational efficiency, sensitivity to intersector elastic coupling, and ability to capture the phenomenon of mode localization. The first reduction technique employs a modal reduction approach with a modal basis consisting of mode shapes of the tuned bladed disk which can be obtained from a classical cyclic symmetric modal analysis. The second reduction technique uses Craig and Bampton substructure modes. The results show a perfect agreement between the two reduced-order models and the nonreduced finite element model. It is found that the phenomena of mode localization is equally well predicted by the two reduction models. In terms of computational cost, reductions from one to two orders of magnitude are obtained for the industrial bladed disk, with the modal reduction method being the most computationally efficient approach.


Author(s):  
Eric Kurstak ◽  
Ryan Wilber ◽  
Kiran D'Souza

A considerable amount of research has been conducted to develop reduced order models (ROMs) of bladed disks that can be constructed using single sector calculations when there is mistuning present. A variety of methods have been developed to efficiently handle different types of mistuning ranging from small frequency mistuning, which can be modeled using a variety of methods including component mode mistuning (CMM), to large geometric mistuning, which can be modeled using multiple techniques including pristine rogue interface modal expansion (PRIME). Research has also been conducted on developing ROMs that can accommodate the variation of specific parameters in the reduced space; these models are referred to as parametric reduced order models (PROMs). This work introduces a PROM for bladed disks that allows for the variation of rotational speed in the reduced space. These PROMs are created by extracting information from sector models at three rotational speeds, and then the appropriate ROM is efficiently constructed in the reduced space at any other desired speed. This work integrates these new PROMs for bladed disks with two existing mistuning methods, CMM and PRIME, to illustrate how the method can be readily applied for a variety of mistuning methods. Frequencies and forced response calculations using these new PROMs are compared to the full order finite element calculations to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.


AIAA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1318-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Friswell ◽  
Daniel J. Inman

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