Suppression of Rotor-Bearing System Vibrations Through Flexible Bearing Support Damping

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 1053-1061
Author(s):  
J. M. Tessarzik ◽  
T. Chiang ◽  
R. H. Badgley
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Amplitude Distribution ◽  
Random Vibrations ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Response Data ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Tilting Pad ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Bearing System

A bearing damper, operating on the support flexure of a pivoted pad in a tilting-pad type gas-lubricated journal bearing, has been designed, built, and tested under externally applied random vibrations. A 36,000 rpm, 10 Kwe turbogenerator had previously been subjected to external random vibrations, and vibration response data had been recorded and analyzed for amplitude distribution and frequency content at a number of locations in the machine. Based upon data from that evaluation, a piston-type damper was designed and developed for each of the two flexibly-supported journal bearing pads (one in each of the two three-pad bearings). A modified turbogenerator, with dampers installed, has been retested under random vibration conditions. Root-mean-square vibration amplitudes were determined from the test data, and displacement power spectral density analyses have been performed. Results of these data reduction efforts have been compared with vibration tolerance limits and previously reported response characteristics of the unmodified machine. Results of the tests indicate significant reductions in vibration levels in the bearing gas-lubricant films, particularly in the rigidly mounted pads. The utility of the gas-lubricated damper for limiting rotor-bearing system vibrations in high-speed turbomachinery has thus been demonstrated.

scholarly journals Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis of Tilting Pad Journal Bearing-Rotor System

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayang Ying ◽  
Yinghou Jiao ◽  
Zhaobo Chen
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Dynamics ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Rotor System ◽  
Moment Of Inertia ◽  
Dynamics Analysis ◽  
Tilting Pad ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Tilting Pad Journal Bearing ◽  
Bearing System

The nonlinear dynamics theory is increasingly applied in the dynamics analysis of tilting pad journal bearing-rotor system. However, extensive work on system dynamics done previously neglects the influence caused by the moment of inertia of the pad. In this paper, a comparison is made between the responses of the rotor in the bearings with and without pad inertia effect. Taking the Jeffcott rotor system as an example, the characteristics of bearing-rotor system, such as bifurcation diagram, cycle response, frequency spectrum, phase trajectories, and Poincaré maps, were attained within a certain rotation rate range. The pivotal oil-film force of tilting pad journal bearing was calculated by database method. The results directly demonstrate that considering the influence of the pad moment of inertia, system dynamics characteristics are found more complicated when rotor-bearing system works around natural frequency and system bifurcation is observed forward when rotor-bearing system works on high-speed range.

The Response of Rotating Machinery to External Random Vibration

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Tessarzik ◽  
T. Chiang ◽  
R. H. Badgley
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Density ◽  
Power Spectral Density ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Thrust Bearing ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Amplitude Distribution ◽  
Random Vibrations ◽  
Mass Model ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Rotor Axis

A high-speed turbogenerator employing gas-lubricated hydrodynamic journal and thrust bearings was subjected to external random vibrations for the purpose of assessing bearing performance in a dynamic environment. The pivoted-pad type journal bearings and the step-sector thrust bearing supported a turbine-driven rotor weighing approximately twenty-one pounds at a nominal operating speed of 36,000 rpm. The response amplitudes of both the rigid-supported and flexible-supported bearing pads, the gimballed thrust bearing, and the rotor relative to the machine casing were measured with capacitance type displacement probes. Random vibrations were applied by means of a large electrodynamic shaker at input levels ranging between 0.5 g (rms) and 1.5 g (rms). Vibrations were applied both along and perpendicular to the rotor axis. Response measurements were analyzed for amplitude distribution and power spectral density. Experimental results compare well with calculations of amplitude power spectral density made for the case where the vibrations were applied along the rotor axis. In this case, the rotor-bearing system was treated as a linear, three-mass model.

Rotor Bearing System Design on Magnetic Bearings

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranabesh De Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Journal Bearings ◽  
Magnetic Bearings ◽  
Ball Bearings ◽  
Tilting Pad ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Multistage Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Tilting Pad Journal Bearings ◽  
Bearing System

Abstract The rotordynamic analysis of a high speed multistage centrifugal compressor supported on radial magnetic bearings, which has been running successfully in the field for 9000 hours to date, is presented. Iterations required to achieve an acceptable rotor configuration using magnetic bearings are discussed. The results of the rotor-bearing system on standard fluid film five shoe tilting pad journal bearings are compared to the dynamics of the rotor on magnetic bearings. Correlation of the observed peak responses with those predicted on magnetic bearings is presented. The actual orbit plots and frequency plots during the coastdown of the rotor-bearing system on auxiliary ball bearings are discussed.

scholarly journals Improvement of Tilting-Pad Journal Bearing Operating Characteristics by Application of Eddy Grooves

Lubricants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Eckhard Schüler ◽  
Olaf Berner
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Fluid Film ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Fluid Film Bearings ◽  
Tilting Pad ◽  
Bearing Load ◽  
Bearing Loads ◽  
Tilting Pad Journal Bearing

In high speed, high load fluid-film bearings, the laminar-turbulent flow transition can lead to a considerable reduction of the maximum bearing temperatures, due to a homogenization of the fluid-film temperature in radial direction. Since this phenomenon only occurs significantly in large bearings or at very high sliding speeds, means to achieve the effect at lower speeds have been investigated in the past. This paper shows an experimental investigation of this effect and how it can be used for smaller bearings by optimized eddy grooves, machined into the bearing surface. The investigations were carried out on a Miba journal bearing test rig with Ø120 mm shaft diameter at speeds between 50 m/s–110 m/s and at specific bearing loads up to 4.0 MPa. To investigate the potential of this technology, additional temperature probes were installed at the crucial position directly in the sliding surface of an up-to-date tilting pad journal bearing. The results show that the achieved surface temperature reduction with the optimized eddy grooves is significant and represents a considerable enhancement of bearing load capacity. This increase in performance opens new options for the design of bearings and related turbomachinery applications.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Flexible Rotors Supported on Journal Bearings—Part I: Analytical Bearing Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Miraskari ◽  
Farzad Hemmati ◽  
Mohamed S. Gadala
Keyword(s):  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Nonlinear Coefficient ◽  
Journal Bearings ◽  
Flexible Rotor ◽  
Dynamic Coefficients ◽  
Flexible Rotors ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Bearing Force ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Bearing System

To determine the bifurcation types in a rotor-bearing system, it is required to find higher order derivatives of the bearing forces with respect to journal velocity and position. As closed-form expressions for journal bearing force are not generally available, Hopf bifurcation studies of rotor-bearing systems have been limited to simple geometries and cavitation models. To solve this problem, an alternative nonlinear coefficient-based method for representing the bearing force is presented in this study. A flexible rotor-bearing system is presented for which bearing force is modeled with linear and nonlinear dynamic coefficients. The proposed nonlinear coefficient-based model was found to be successful in predicting the bifurcation types of the system as well as predicting the system dynamics and trajectories at spin speeds below and above the threshold speed of instability.

Vibration Signature Analysis of a Rotor Bearing System Using Response Surface Method

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Kankar ◽  
Satish C. Sharma ◽  
S. P. Harsha
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Vibration Response ◽  
Radial Clearance ◽  
System Response ◽  
Surface Waviness ◽  
Surface Method ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Bearing System

The vibration response of a rotor bearing system is extremely important in industries and is challenged by their highly non-linear and complex properties. This paper focuses on performance prediction using response surface method (RSM), which is essential to the design of high performance rotor bearing system. Response surface method is utilized to analysis the effects of design and operating parameters on the vibration response of a rotor-bearing system. A test rig of high speed rotor supported on rolling bearings is used. Vibration response of the healthy ball bearing and ball bearings with various faults are obtained and analyzed. Distributed defects are considered as surface waviness of the bearing components. Effects of internal radial clearance and surface waviness of the bearing components and their interaction are analyzed using design of experiment (DOE) and RSM.

Numerical Simulation of a Bending-Torsion Coupling Gear Transmission System

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 3403-3407
Author(s):  
Chao Feng Li ◽  
Shi Hua Zhou ◽  
Jie Liu
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Variable Stiffness ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Rotational Frequency ◽  
Helical Gear ◽  
Angular Contact Ball Bearing ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Bearing System

Based on the establishment of angular contact ball bearing mechanical model, a nonlinear coupled lateral, torsional and axial dynamic model of helical gear-rotor-bearing system is established, and the dynamic differential equations of the coupled lateral-torsional-axial nonlinear vibration are deduced for imbalance rotors. The investigations are systematically carried out by oscillograms and spectrograms with rotating speed, taking into account eccentricity and nonlinear supporting by rolling bearing. The results show that the rotation frequency of the driven shaft appears in the driving shaft. In addition, the rotation frequencies and meshing frequency appear obviously in torsional direction. It can be seen that the lateral, torsional and axial response characteristics of driving and driven shafts obvious differences are due to the effects of the gear assembly characteristic, gear geometry parameters and the angular contact ball bearings characteristics. As a result, not only appear the rotational frequency and stiffness frequency, but also yield the bearing variable stiffness frequency and conbined frequency in lateral directions. However, the theory of the helical gear-rotor-bearing system still needs further research.

Nonlinear Vibration Prediction of a Highly Flexible Rotor Supported by an Axial Groove Journal Bearing Considering Journal Angular Whirling Motion

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuntaphong Koondilogpiboon ◽  
Tsuyoshi Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Vibration ◽  
Ball Bearing ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Flexible Rotor ◽  
Large Disk ◽  
Subcritical Bifurcation ◽  
Whirling Motion ◽  
Vibration Prediction ◽  
Rotor Bearing ◽  
Bearing System

Abstract In this study, the difference in dynamic behavior of the rotor-bearing system supported by the bearing model that considers both lateral and angular whirling motions of the journal (model A), and the model that considers only lateral whirling motion (model B) is investigated. The rotor model consists of a slender shaft, a large disk and two small disks supported by a self-aligning ball bearing and an axial groove journal bearing of L/D = 0.6. Three positions of the large disk: 410, 560, and 650 mm measured from the ball bearing, are investigated. Numerical integration of the rotor-bearing system which is modally reduced to the 1st forward mode is performed at above the onset speed of instability until either a steady state journal orbit or contact between the journal and the bearing occurs to identify the bifurcation type. Numerical results using model A indicate subcritical bifurcation with the contact between the journal and the inboard side of the bearing in all three large disk positions, whereas those of model B indicate subcritical bifurcation when the large disk position is at 410 mm, and supercritical bifurcation is observed in the other two cases. Lastly, the experiments at the same three large disk positions are performed. Subcritical bifurcation with the contact between the journal and the inboard side of the bearing is observed in all large disk positions, which conforms with the calculation result of model A. As a result, model A is essential in nonlinear vibration analysis of a highly flexible rotor system.

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