Response Analysis of a General Asymmetric Rotor-Bearing System

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Inagaki ◽  
H. Kanki ◽  
K. Shiraki

This paper presents an analytical method for the evaluation of the synchronous response of a general asymmetric rotor-bearing system. In the analysis, slightly asymmetric shaft stiffness in bending and shearing, which distribute along the rotor, and asymmetric transverse mass moment of inertia are considered. The dynamic properties of bearings and pedestals are assumed to be anisotropic and coupled in each direction. The equations of motion with periodic time dependent coefficients are solved by the Harmonic Balance Method and formulated to the transfer matrix. These solutions include the “Modified Holzer-Myklestad-Prohl Method by Lund & Orcutt” as a special case. The results of the analysis are confirmed by a simple model test and field measurements of large turbosets.

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Kang ◽  
An-Chen Lee ◽  
Yuan-Pin Shih

A modified transfer matrix method (MTMM) is developed to analyze rotor-bearing systems with an asymmetric shaft and asymmetric disks. The rotating shaft is modeled by a Rayleigh-Euler beam considering the effects of the rotary inertia and gyroscopic moments. Specifically, a transfer matrix of the asymmetric shaft segments is derived in a continuous-system sense to give accurate solutions. The harmonic balance method is incorporated in the transfer matrix equations, so that steady-state responses of synchronous and superharmonic whirls can be determined. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.


Author(s):  
Yifu Zhou ◽  
Zhong Luo ◽  
Zifang Bian ◽  
Fei Wang

As sophisticated mechanical equipment, the rotor system of aero-engine is assembled by various parts; bolted flange joints are one of the essential ways of joints. Aiming at the analysis of the nonlinear vibration characteristics of the rotor-bearing system with bolted flange joints, in this paper, a finite element modeling method for a rotor-bearing system with bolted flange joints is proposed, and an incremental harmonic balance method combined with arc length continuation is proposed to solve the dynamic solution of the rotor system. In order to solve the rotor system with rolling bearing nonlinearity, the alternating frequency/time-domain process of the rolling bearing element is deduced. Compared with the conventional harmonic balance method and the time-domain method, this method has the characteristics of fast convergence and high computational efficiency; solving the rotor system with nonlinear bearing force; overcome the shortcoming that the frequency–response curve of the system is too sharp to continue solving. By using this method, the influence of bearing clearance and stiffness on vibration characteristics of the rotor system with bolted flange joints is studied. The evolution law of the state of the rotor system with bolt flange is investigated through numerical simulation and experimental data. The results indicated that the modeling and solving method proposed in this paper could accurately solve the rotor-bearing system with bolted flange joints and analyze its vibration characteristics.


Author(s):  
Euro L. Casanova ◽  
Luis U. Medina

This paper deals with the dynamics of an accelerating unbalanced Jeffcott rotor-bearing system mounted on damped, flexible supports. The general equations of motion for such a system are presented and discussed. The rotor response was predicted, via numerical integration, for various cases in runup and rundown conditions and presented in graphical form. The effects of acceleration on the rotor peak amplitude and the speed at which the peak occurs is discussed and compared to steady state predictions.


Author(s):  
M. Afzal ◽  
I. Lopez Arteaga ◽  
L. Kari ◽  
V. Kharyton

This paper investigates the damping potential of strip dampers on a real turbine bladed disk. A 3D numerical friction contact model is used to compute the contact forces by means of the Alternate Frequency Time domain method. The Jacobian matrix required during the iterative solution is computed in parallel with the contact forces, by a quasi-analytical method. A finite element model of the strip dampers, that allows for an accurate description of their dynamic properties, is included in the steady-state forced response analysis of the bladed disk. Cyclic symmetry boundary conditions and the multiharmonic balance method are applied in the formulation of the equations of motion in the frequency domain. The nonlinear forced response analysis is performed with two different types of boundary conditions on the strip: (a) free-free and (b) elastic, and their influence is analyzed. The effect of the strip mass, thickness and the excitation levels on the forced response curve is investigated in detail.


Author(s):  
Qinkai Han ◽  
Fulei Chu

Unbalanced response of cracked rotor-bearing system under time-dependent base movements is studied in this paper. Three base angular motions, including the rolling, pitching and yawing motions, are assumed to be sinusoidal perturbations superimposed upon constant terms. Both the open and breathing transverse cracks are considered in the analysis. The finite element model is established for the base excited rotor-bearing system with open or breathing cracks. Considering the time-varying base movements and transverse cracks, the second order differential equations of the system will not only have time-periodic gyroscopic and stiffness coefficients, but also the multi-frequency external excitations. An improved harmonic balance method is introduced to obtain the steady-state response of the system under both base and unbalance excitations. The whirling frequencies of the equivalent time-invariant system, orbits of shaft center, response spectra and frequency response characteristics, are analyzed accordingly. The effects of various base angular motions, frequency and amplitude of base excitations, and crack depths on the system dynamic behaviors are considered in the discussions.


2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Mohiuddin ◽  
Y. A. Khulief

A general dynamic model for a large-scale rotor-bearing system with a cracked shaft is introduced. A finite shaft element with a crack is developed using a consistent finite element approach. The model accommodates shafts with tapered portions, multiple disks and anisotropic bearings. The formulation is applicable to rotor-bearing systems with different practical design configurations including intermediate bearings, shaft overhang, and stepped shaft assemblies. A reduced order form of equations of motion is obtained by invoking the actual non-planar (complex) modal transformations. The time-response due to different excitations are calculated, and comparisons are presented to establish the validity and efficiency of the reduced order model. It is hoped that the developed computational scheme offers an efficient and essential core module in establishing other specialized crack detection schemes for rotor-bearing systems.


2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 853-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Chung Chen ◽  
Chung Hao Kang ◽  
Siu Tong Choi

The gear mesh stiffnesses have been regarded as constants in most previous models of geared rotor-bearing systems. In this paper, a dynamic analysis of a spur geared rotor-bearing system with nonlinear gear mesh stiffness is presented. The nonlinear gear mesh stiffness is accounted for by bending, fillet-foundation and contact deflections of gear teeth. A finite element model of the geared rotor-bearing system is developed, the equations of motion are obtained by applying Lagrange’s equation, and the dynamic responses are computed by using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta numerical method. Numerical results indicate that the proposed gear mesh stiffness provides a realistic dynamic response for spur geared rotor-bearing system.


Author(s):  
Zhiwei Liu ◽  
Yuefang Wang

Many rotor assemblies of industrial turbomachines are supported by oil-lubricated bearings. It is well known that the operation safety of these machines is highly dependent on rotors whose stability is closely related to the whirling motion of lubricant oil. In this paper, the problem of transverse motion of rotor systems considering bearing nonlinearity is revisited. A symmetric, rigid Jeffcott rotor is modeled considering unbalanced mass and short bearing forces. A semi-analytical, seminumerical approach is presented based on the generalized harmonic balance method (GHBM) and the Newton–Raphson iteration scheme. The external load of the system is decomposed into a Fourier series with multiple harmonic loads. The amplitude and phase with respect to each harmonic load are solved iteratively. The stability of the motion response is analyzed through identification of eigenvalues at the fixed point mapped from the linearized system using harmonic amplitudes. The solutions of the present approach are compared to those from time-domain numerical integrations using the Runge–Kutta method, and they are found to be in good agreement for stable periodic motions. It is revealed through bifurcation analysis that evolution of the motion in the nonlinear rotor-bearing system is complicated. The Hopf bifurcation (HB) of synchronous vibration initiates oil whirl with varying mass eccentricity. The onset of oil whip is identified when the saddle-node bifurcation of subsynchronous vibration takes place at the critical value of parameter.


2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 749-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanxing Zhao ◽  
Hua Xu ◽  
Guang Meng ◽  
Jun Zhu

Author(s):  
Oliver T. Filsoof ◽  
Morten H. Hansen ◽  
Anders Yde ◽  
Xuping Zhang

Various modal analysis methods are available for single-rotor wind turbines, but there is no report and guidance on the modal property analysis of multi-rotor wind turbines. This paper presents a dynamic modeling method for the modal response analysis of a wind turbine with two three-bladed isotropic rotors. The equations of motion are derived using Lagrange’s equations and are further linearized at a steady-state equilibrium. To avoid using Floquet Theory to remove the periodic coefficients, multi-blade coordinates are utilized. Comparison between the numerical simulations and a high-fidelity model in HAWC2 shows agreements in terms of modal frequencies. The results shows that the whirling modes splits into symmetric and asymmetric rotor modes.


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