Discussion: “Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces and Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump-Impeller” (Chamieh, Dimitri S., Acosta, Allan J., Brennen, Christopher E., and Caughey, Thomas K., 1985, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 107, pp. 307–315)

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-315
Author(s):  
H. Ohashi
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Stiffness Matrices ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller

scholarly journals Analyses of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Adkins ◽  
C. E. Brennen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Flow Disturbances ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller

Hydrodynamic interactions that occur between a centrifugal pump impeller and a volute are experimentally and theoretically investigated. The theoretical analysis considers the inability of the blades to perfectly guide the flow through the impeller, and also includes a quasi-one dimensional treatment of flow in the volute. Flow disturbances at the impeller discharge and the resulting forces are determined by the theoretical model. The model is then extended to obtain the hydrodynamic force perturbations that are caused by the impeller whirling eccentrically in the volute. Under many operating conditions, these force perturbations were found to be destabilizing. Comparisons are made between the theoretical model and the experimental measurements of pressure distributions and radial forces on the impeller. The theoretical model yields fairly accurate predictions of the radial forces caused by the flow through the impeller. However, it was found that the pressure acting on the front shroud of the impeller has a substantial effect on the destabilizing hydrodynamic forces.

scholarly journals Some Unsteady Fluid Forces on Pump Impellers

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 632-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Miskovish ◽  
C. E. Brennen
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Bending Moments ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Spectral Analyses ◽  
Fluid Forces ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Unsteady Fluid ◽  
Rotordynamic Forces ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller

Spectral analyses of all the forces and moments acting on a typical centrifugal pump impeller/volute combination are presented. These exhibit shaft frequencies, blade passing frequencies, and beat frequencies associated with a whirl motion imposed on the shaft in order to measure rotordynamic forces. Among other features the unsteady thrust was found to contain a surprisingly large blade passing harmonic. While previous studies have explored the magnitudes of the steady fluid-induced radial forces and the fluid-induced rotordynamic forces for this typical centrifugal pump impeller/volute combination, this paper presents information on the steady bending moments and rotordynamic moments due to the fluid flow. These imply certain axial locations for the lines of action of the radial and rotordynamic forces. Data on the lines of action are presented and allow inferences on the sources of the forces.

scholarly journals Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Radial Forces Acting on Centrifugal Pump Impeller

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Karaskiewicz ◽  
Marek Szlaga
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Radial Force ◽  
Axial Thrust ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Commercial Code ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Radial Thrust ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller

Abstract The paper presents the results of measurements and predictions of radial thrust in centrifugal pump with specific speed ns = 26. In the pump tested, a volute with rectangular cross-section was used. The tests were carried out for several rotational speeds, including speeds above and below the nominal one. Commercial code ANSYS Fluent was used for the calculations. Apart from the predictions of the radial force, the calculations of axial thrust were also conducted, and correlation between thrust and the radial force was found. In the range of the measured rotational speeds, similarity of radial forces was checked.

scholarly journals Experimental Measurements of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces and Stiffness Matrices for a Centrifugal Pump-Impeller

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitri S. Chamieh ◽  
Allan J. Acosta ◽  
Christopher E. Brennen ◽  
Thomas K. Caughey
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Instability ◽  
Symmetric Matrix ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Stiffness Matrices ◽  
Force Components ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller

The present work is an experimental investigation of the possible forces of fluid dynamic origin that can act on a turbomachine rotor particularly when it is situated off its normal center position. An experimental facility, the Rotor Force Test Facility, has been designed and constructed in order to measure these kinds of forces acting on a centrifugal pump impeller when the latter is made to whirl in a slightly eccentric circular orbit. The scope of the present experimental work consists of measuring quasi-steady forces on the impeller as it whirls slowly about the axis of the pump rotation. These forces are due to interaction between the impeller and volute; they are decomposed into force components relative to the geometric center of the volute and to those proportional to displacement from this center. These latter are interpreted as stiffness matrices. Such matrices were obtained for two different volutes and both were found to be the sum of a diagonal and a skew-symmetric matrix. It can be shown that a stiffness matrix of this type can lead to dynamic instability of impeller shaft system in certain circumstances. This new experimental finding may explain some operational problems of “high-speed” hydraulic machinery. Comparison is made with various existing theoretical and experimental results.

Numerical Optimization of a Centrifugal Pump Impeller with Splitter Blades Running in Reverse Mode

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Kassanos ◽  
Marios Chrysovergis ◽  
John Anagnostopoulos ◽  
George Charalampopoulos ◽  
Stamelos Rokas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Reverse Mode ◽  
Centrifugal Pump Impeller
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