A New Rotor-Ball Bearing-Stator Coupling Dynamics Model for Whole Aero-Engine Vibration

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Chen

In this paper, a new rotor-ball bearing-stator coupling system dynamics model is established for simulating the practical whole aero-engine vibration. The main characteristics of the new model are as follows: (1) the coupling effect between rotor, ball bearing, and stator is fully considered; (2) the elastic support and the squeeze film damper are considered; (3) the rotor is considered as an Euler free beam of equal-section model, and its vibration is analyzed through truncating limited modes; (4) nonlinear factors of ball bearing such as the clearance of bearing, nonlinear Hertzian contact force, and the varying compliance vibration are modeled; and (5) rubbing fault between rotor and stator is considered. The Zhai method, which is a new explicit fast numerical integration method, is employed to obtain system’s responses, and the whole aero-engine vibration characteristics are studied. Finally, aero-engine tester including casing is established to carry out rubbing fault experiment, the simulation results from rotor-ball bearing-stator coupling model are compared with the experiment results, and the correctness of the new model is verified to some extent.

Author(s):  
G. Chen ◽  
C. G. Li ◽  
D. Y. Wang

In this paper, a new rotor-ball bearings-support-stator coupling system dynamic model with rubbing coupling faults is established for practical aeroengine. In the model, the rubbing fault is modeled, the stator motion is considered, the flexible support and squeeze film damper are established, and the nonlinear factors of ball bearing, such as the clearance of the bearing, the nonlinear Hertzian contact force between balls and races, and the varying compliance vibration because of the periodical variety of the contact position between balls and races, are modeled. The numerical integral method is used to obtain the system responses, the effect of support stiffness on rotor responses is studied using a vibration amplitude-rotating speed plot, and the characteristics of the rubbing fault is analyzed using a 3D cascade plot. An aeroengine tester with a stator is established to carry out the rubbing fault experiments, the simulation results from the rotor-ball bearings-support-stator coupling model are compared with the experimental results, and the consistency of the results show fully the effectiveness of the new rotor-ball bearings-support-stator coupling model with rubbing fault.


2014 ◽  
Vol 889-890 ◽  
pp. 152-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Lin Wei ◽  
Yi Jiang

In this paper, a certain type of vehicle missile launching system is the research object, which uses CAE technology to make a flexible coupling system dynamics simulation and analysis to provide a reference for similar tests. Since the complex structure of the vehicle missile system, reasonable assumptions and simplifications are made in establishing the dynamics model. Pro/E is used to build the three-dimensional model, and then it is imported to the ABAQUS to establish its dynamics model. Finally, in a complete virtual prototyping system model, we make a simulation of working conditions, and draw conclusions and analysis. The results show that the use of independent dynamics rigid-flexible coupling model dynamics simulation based on ABAQUS can be more realistic simulation of the process of vehicle missile launch, and it verifies the results of different working conditions, which provides a reference for the vehicle missile launching systems simulation .


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-519
Author(s):  
Nanfei Wang ◽  
Dongxiang Jiang ◽  
Yizhou Yang

Misalignment is one of the common malfunctions that occur in rotating machines. Effects of misalignment on the casing vibration response of a rotor-support-casing (RSC) coupling system is investigated in detail. The model of an RSC coupling system is established using the lumped mass method. The coupling effects between the rotor, support and casing are fully considered. A misalignment model is proposed, and equivalent misalignment force is applied on corresponding lumped mass points. Nonlinear factors of bearing, such as the clearance of bearing, oil film force, nonlinear Hertzian contact force, and the varying compliance vibration are developed. The influences of oil film thickness and bearing size are considered in the nonlinear oil film force model. By using a numerical method, the governing equations of the system are solved to obtain the steady-state vibration. The simulation results from a coupling model are compared with the experimental results and the effectiveness of the new model is verified. It has been found that spectrums and orbit plots are effectively used to reveal the unique nature of misalignment faults, leading to reliable misalignment diagnostic information.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Kostandin Gjika ◽  
Antoine Costeux ◽  
Gerry LaRue ◽  
John Wilson

Today's modern internal combustion engines are increasingly focused on downsizing, high fuel efficiency and low emissions, which requires appropriate design and technology of turbocharger bearing systems. Automotive turbochargers operate faster and with strong engine excitation; vibration management is becoming a challenge and manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the design of low vibration and high-performance balancing technology. This paper discusses the synchronous vibration management of the ball bearing cartridge turbocharger on high-speed balancer and it is a continuation of papers [1–3]. In a first step, the synchronous rotordynamics behavior is identified. A prediction code is developed to calculate the static and dynamic performance of “ball bearing cartridge-squeeze film damper”. The dynamic behavior of balls is modeled by a spring with stiffness calculated from Tedric Harris formulas and the damping is considered null. The squeeze film damper model is derived from the Osborne Reynolds equation for incompressible and synchronous fluid loading; the stiffness and damping coefficients are calculated assuming that the bearing is infinitely short, and the oil film pressure is modeled as a cavitated π film model. The stiffness and damping coefficients are integrated on a rotordynamics code and the bearing loads are calculated by converging with the bearing eccentricity ratio. In a second step, a finite element structural dynamics model is built for the system “turbocharger housing-high speed balancer fixture” and validated by experimental frequency response functions. In the last step, the rotating dynamic bearing loads on the squeeze film damper are coupled with transfer functions and the vibration on the housings is predicted. The vibration response under single and multi-plane unbalances correlates very well with test data from turbocharger unbalance masters. The prediction model allows a thorough understanding of ball bearing turbocharger vibration on a high speed balancer, thus optimizing the dynamic behavior of the “turbocharger-high speed balancer” structural system for better rotordynamics performance identification and selection of the appropriate balancing process at the development stage of the turbocharger.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 787
Author(s):  
Bartłomiej Ambrożkiewicz ◽  
Grzegorz Litak ◽  
Anthimos Georgiadis ◽  
Nicolas Meier ◽  
Alexander Gassner

Often the input values used in mathematical models for rolling bearings are in a wide range, i.e., very small values of deformation and damping are confronted with big values of stiffness in the governing equations, which leads to miscalculations. This paper presents a two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) dimensionless mathematical model for ball bearings describing a procedure, which helps to scale the problem and reveal the relationships between dimensionless terms and their influence on the system’s response. The derived mathematical model considers nonlinear features as stiffness, damping, and radial internal clearance referring to the Hertzian contact theory. Further, important features are also taken into account including an external load, the eccentricity of the shaft-bearing system, and shape errors on the raceway investigating variable dynamics of the ball bearing. Analysis of obtained responses with Fast Fourier Transform, phase plots, orbit plots, and recurrences provide a rich source of information about the dynamics of the system and it helped to find the transition between the periodic and chaotic response and how it affects the topology of RPs and recurrence quantificators.


1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-268
Author(s):  
H. Portig ◽  
H. G. Rylander

A method is developed which allows the digital simulation of the unsteady motion of a single ball constrained only by two moving bearing races. Any desired motion of the races can be simulated. Normal forces acting on the ball are calculated by Hertzian contact deformation theory. If there is slippage between ball and races, Coulomb friction is assumed to occur. Solutions to the differential equations of motion were obtained on a computer with the digital simulation language MIMIC. The phenomenon of ball control as well as the behavior of the ball as it reached a controlled state from rest were observed. This analysis can produce more realistic results than methods that assume that the ball is controlled at all times, especially when the races are radially or angularly displaced with respect to each other.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
ping Yue ◽  
Jiantang Zhou ◽  
Li Xia Kang ◽  
Ping Liu ◽  
Jia Chunsheng ◽  
...  

Abstract Nowadays, different types of complex production wells are applied in challenging reservoirs in order to maximize oil recovery. A representative application is the fishbone multilateral horizontal wells, which have advantages of expanding the drainage area information and reducing the pressure loss in the long single lateral wellbore. This paper investigated the performance of fishbone wells and derived a wellbore and reservoir flow coupling model for fishbone multilateral wells in the bottom water reservoirs. The new model considered plenty of parameters that may have significant impacts on productivity and pressure drop in the well, including the fishbone structure, the main and branch wellbores' length, the spacing distance of the branch wellbores, wellbore radius, and preformation parameters. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis example by the numerical method presented in this paper. Compared with other models, our coupling model, when it is degraded to horizontal well, is more consistent with the results of actual field situation. In another comparative analysis, the results of the new model with branches show a good match with the numerical simulation results by software. The proposed method in this paper can be used as a valuable tool to analyze the productivity, wellbore inflow profile, and pressure profile of the fishbone multilateral wells in the bottom water reservoir.


Author(s):  
Sergio G. Torres Cedillo ◽  
Philip Bonello ◽  
Ghaith Ghanim Al-Ghazal ◽  
Jacinto Cortés Pérez ◽  
Alberto Reyes Solis

Modern aero-engine structures typically have at least two nested rotors mounted within a flexible casing via squeeze-film damper (SFD) bearings. The inaccessibility of the HP rotor under operational conditions motivates the use of a non-invasive inverse problem procedure for identifying the unbalance. Such an inverse problem requires prior knowledge of the structure and measurements of the vibrations at the casing. Recent work by the authors reported a non-invasive inverse method for the balancing of rotordynamic systems with nonlinear squeeze-film damper (SFD) bearings, which overcomes several limitations of earlier works. However, it was not applied to a common practical configuration wherein the HP rotor is mounted on the casing via just one weak linear connection (retainer spring), with the other connections being highly nonlinear SFDs. The analysis of the present paper considers such a system. It explores the influence of the condition number and how it is affected as the number of sensors and/or measurement speeds is increased. The results show that increasing the number of measurement speeds has a far more significant impact on the conditioning of the problem than increasing the number of sensors. The balancing effectiveness is reasonably good under practical noise level conditions, but significantly lower than obtained for the previously considered simpler configurations.


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