On Force Control of an Engine Order–Type Excitation Applied to a Bladed Disk With Underplatform Dampers

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian M. Firrone ◽  
Teresa M. Berruti ◽  
Muzio M. Gola
Keyword(s):  
Force Control ◽  
Order Type ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Good Precision ◽  
Force Amplitude ◽  
Excitation System ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic Response ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Engine Order

The paper presents an original multiple excitation system based on electromagnets with force control. The system is specifically designed in order to investigate the dynamics of bladed disks, since it mimics the excitation existing in a real engine. Moreover, the system is suitable for forced response tests of bladed disks with nonlinear dynamic response, like in the case of presence of friction contacts, since the amplitude of the exciting force is known with good precision. For this purpose, a device called force-measuring electromagnet (FMEM) was designed and employed during the system calibration. The excitation system is applied to the test rig Octopus, which includes underplatform dampers (UPDs). Tests were carried out under different excitation force amplitude values. The tests put in evidence the presence of mistuning and the UPDs' capability of attenuating the mistuning phenomena.

scholarly journals An Experimental Investigation of Vibration Localization in Bladed Disks: Part II — Forced Response

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlin J. Kruse ◽  
Christophe Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Structural Coupling ◽  
Vibration Localization ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Localized Mode ◽  
The Impact

The results of an experimental investigation on the effects of random blade mistuning on the forced dynamic response of bladed disks are reported. Two experimental specimens are considered: a nominally periodic twelve-bladed disk with equal blade lengths, and the corresponding mistuned bladed disk, which features slightly different blades of random lengths. Both specimens are subject to traveling-wave excitations delivered by piezo-electric actuators. The primary aim of the experiment is to demonstrate the occurrence of an increase in forced response blade amplitudes due to mistuning, and to verify analytical predictions about the magnitude of these increases. In particular, the impact of localized mode shapes, engine order excitation, and disk structural coupling on the sensitivity of forced response amplitudes to blade mistuning is reported. This work reports one of the first systematic experiments carried out to demonstrate and quantify the effect of mistuning on the forced response of bladed disks.

Piezoelectric Networks for Vibration Suppression of Mistuned Bladed Disks

Aerospace ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Electric Circuit ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Vibration Localization ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Local Circuits

Extensive investigations have been conducted to study the vibration localization phenomenon and the excessive forced response that can be caused by mistuning in bladed disks. Most previous researches have focused on attacking the mistuning issue in the bladed disk, such as reducing the sensitivity of the structure to mistuning through mechanical tailoring, or design optimization. Few have focused on developing effective vibration control methods for such systems. This study extends the piezoelectric network concept, which has been utilized for mode delocalization in periodic structures, to the control of mistuned bladed disks under engine order excitation. A piezoelectric network is synthesized and optimized to effectively suppress the excessive vibration in the bladed disk caused by mistuning. One of the merits of such an approach is that the optimum design is independent of the number of spatial harmonics, or engine orders. Local circuits are first formulated by connecting inductors and resistors with piezoelectric patches on the individual blades. While these local circuits can function as conventional damped absorber when properly tuned, they do not perform well for bladed disks under all engine order excitations. To address this issue, capacitors are introduced to couple the individual local circuitries. Through such networking, an absorber system that is independent of the engine order can be achieved. Monte Carlo simulation is performed to investigate the effectiveness of the network for bladed disk with a range of mistuning level of its mechanical properties. The robustness issue of the network in terms of detuning of the electric circuit parameters is also studied. Finally, negative capacitance is introduced and its effect on the robustness of the network is investigated.

A Comparative Study on the Dynamic Characteristics of Bladed Disks With Piezoelectric Network and Piezoelectric Shunt Circuit

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiuzhou Liu ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Pengcheng Deng ◽  
Chao Li
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Electromechanical Systems ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Shunt Circuit

This paper is meant to contribute a further investigation of the dynamic characteristics of the bladed disks with piezo-network and piezo-shunt circuit. The non-engine-order (NEO) excitation is taken into account from a practical point of view, and the mechanisms of vibration suppression of the two electromechanical systems are explained by means of the modal analysis and the energy analysis. First of all, the dynamic equations are derived based on a lumped parameter electromechanical model, and a normalizing process is used to make the analysis results more general. After the modal analysis of the electromechanical systems, the vibration suppression effect is analyzed when the bladed disk is excited by the engine-order (EO) excitation and the NEO excitation respectively. Then, an energy analysis of the electromechanical systems is performed to understand the dynamic behaviors of the systems better. Finally, the effect of reducing the amplitude magnification of the mistuned bladed disk is investigated. The research results turn out that the electrical natural frequencies (induced by electrical elements) of the system with piezo-shunt circuit are dense, while those of the system with piezo-network are not. When the system is excited by an EO excitation, the energy dissipated by resistors in the shunt circuit is slightly more than that in the network. However, the former is much less than the latter when the system is excited by an NEO excitation. A statistical analysis has been performed and proved that both the piezo-shunt circuit and the piezo-network can compensate the amplitude magnification of the forced response induced by mistuning, and the piezo-network has a better performance when the bladed disk is excited by an NEO excitation.

Effects of Harmonic Intentional Mistuning on the Free Response of Bladed Disks

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Brewer ◽  
Matthew P. Castanier ◽  
Christophe Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Forced Response ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Free Response ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Nodal Diameter ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Bladed Disk Assembly ◽  
Random Mistuning

Abstract In this paper, the free response of bladed disks with intentional mistuning is considered in detail. A simple lumped-parameter model of a bladed disk is employed. Intentional mistuning is included by applying a sinusoidal variation to the nominal blade stiffnesses. It is shown that if the intentional mistuning harmonic number and the number of blades have a common integer factor greater than one, then the eigenvalue problem reduces to a set of smaller problems. It is found that the ratio of intentional mistuning strength to the interblade coupling strength is a key parameter for the free response. As this ratio increases, the modes become localized. More importantly, the modes of the intentionally mistuned system have several non-zero nodal diameter components, in contrast to the tuned system which has pure nodal diameter modes. Furthermore, if only random mistuning is present, each mode of the bladed disk assembly still retains a strong nodal diameter component. However, the modes of the system with intentional mistuning and random mistuning tend to have more evenly distributed nodal diameter components. This shows why intentional mistuning can be effective in reducing the maximum blade forced response for engine order excitation.

Piezoelectric Networks for Vibration Suppression of Mistuned Bladed Disks

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Electric Circuit ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Vibration Localization ◽  
Network Concept ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Local Circuits

Extensive investigations have been conducted to study the vibration localization phenomenon and the excessive forced response that can be caused by mistuning in bladed disks. Most previous researches have focused on analyzing∕predicting localization or attacking the mistuning issue via mechanical tailoring. Few have focused on developing effective vibration control methods for such systems. This study extends the piezoelectric network concept, which has been utilized for mode delocalization in periodic structures, to the control of mistuned bladed disks under engine order excitation. A piezoelectric network is synthesized and optimized to effectively suppress vibration in bladed disks. One of the merits of such an approach is that the optimum design is independent of the number of spatial harmonics, or engine orders. Local circuits are first formulated by connecting inductors and resistors with piezoelectric patches on the individual blades. Although these local circuits can function as conventional damped absorber when properly tuned, they do not perform well for bladed disks under all engine order excitations. To address this issue, capacitors are introduced to couple the individual local circuitries. Through such networking, an absorber system that is independent of the engine order can be achieved. Monte Carlo simulation is performed to investigate the effectiveness of the network for a bladed disk with a range of mistuning level of its mechanical properties. The robustness issue of the network in terms of detuning of the electric circuit parameters is also studied. Finally, negative capacitance is introduced and its effect on the performance and robustness of the network is investigated.

Vibration Suppression of Mistuned Coupled-Blade-Disk Systems Using Piezoelectric Circuitry Network

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Piezoelectric Transducer ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Structural Vibration ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Disk Model ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Optimal Network ◽  
Random Mistuning ◽  
Engine Components

For bladed-disk assemblies in turbomachinery, the elements are often exposed to aerodynamic loadings, the so-called engine order excitations. It has been reported that such excitations could cause significant structural vibration. The vibration level could become even more excessive when the bladed disk is mistuned, and may cause fatigue damage to the engine components. To effectively suppress vibration in bladed disks, a piezoelectric transducer networking concept has been explored previously by the authors. While promising, the idea was developed based on a simplified bladed-disk model without considering the disk dynamics. To advance the state of the art, this research further extends the investigation with focus on new circuitry designs for a more sophisticated and realistic system model with the consideration of coupled-blade-disk dynamics. A novel multicircuit piezoelectric transducer network is synthesized and analyzed for multiple-harmonic vibration suppression of bladed disks. An optimal network is derived analytically. The performance of the network for bladed disks with random mistuning is examined through Monte Carlo simulation. The effects of variations (mistuning and detuning) in circuit parameters are also studied. A method to improve the system performance and robustness utilizing negative capacitance is discussed. Finally, experiments are carried out to demonstrate the vibration suppression capability of the proposed piezoelectric circuitry network.

Blade Root Joint Modelling and Analysis of Effects of Their Geometry Variability on the Nonlinear Forced Response of Tuned and Mistuned Bladed Disks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Koscso ◽  
E. P. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Contact Interactions ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Element Mesh ◽  
Disk Model ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Nonlinear Contact ◽  
Manufacturing Tolerances

Abstract One of the major sources of the damping of the forced vibration for bladed disk structures is the micro-slip motion at the contact interfaces of blade-disk joints. In this paper, the modeling strategies of nonlinear contact interactions at blade roots are examined using high-fidelity modelling of bladed disk assemblies and the nonlinear contact interactions at blade-disk contact patches. The analysis is performed in the frequency domain using multiharmonic harmonic balance method and analytically formulated node-to-node contact elements modelling frictional and gap nonlinear interactions. The effect of the number, location and distribution of nonlinear contact elements are analyzed using cyclically symmetric bladed disks. The possibility of using the number of the contact elements noticeably smaller than the total number of nodes in the finite element mesh created at the contact interface for the high-fidelity bladed disk model is demonstrated. The parameters for the modeling of the root damping are analysed for tuned and mistuned bladed disks. The geometric shapes of blade roots and corresponding slots in disks cannot be manufactured perfectly and there is inevitable root joint geometry variability within the manufacturing tolerances. Based on these tolerances, the extreme cases of the geometry variation are defined and the assessment of the possible effects of the root geometry variation on the nonlinear forced response are performed based on a set of these extreme cases.

Dynamics of Bladed Disks With Frictional Coupling and Alternate Mistuning Pattern

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Tatzko ◽  
Lars Panning von-Scheidt ◽  
Joerg Wallaschek
Keyword(s):  
Traveling Waves ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Nodal Diameter ◽  
Engine Order ◽  
Pure Coulomb ◽  
Machinery Design

In the field of turbo machinery design frictional coupling has been found to be a low cost method to increase the mechanical damping of bladed disks. Underplatform dampers (UPD’s) are commonly used which are metal devices pressed against the blades by centrifugal forces. The main task is to find the optimum value of the contact normal force to maximize energy dissipation. This optimum strongly depends on the excitation of the structure. Traveling waves are excited by engine order excitation and flutter. Flutter caused by fluid structure interaction can be reduced by intentional mistuning of the bladed disk whereas forced response levels will be typically increased by mistuning. A compromise is alternate mistuning. The present paper deals with the influence of alternate mistuning on frictional coupling of blisks. Firstly, the dynamics of a tuned blisk are explained with a simplified lumped mass cyclic oscillator model. It is pointed out that eigenfrequencies of traveling waves around the blisk are influenced by structural coupling. Alternate mistuning leads to mode coupling with the possibility of energy transfer. The performance of friction coupling strongly depends on the nodal diameter mode shape of vibration which is stated analytically for pure Coulomb sliding contact. Following this, a simplified blisk model with underplatform dampers is developed to analyze alternate mistuning and frictional coupling. The simulation results show a significant influence of the mistuning on the damping performance.

Experimental Investigation of Mode Localization and Forced Response Amplitude Magnification for a Mistuned Bladed Disk

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Judge ◽  
Christophe Pierre ◽  
Oral Mehmed
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Response Amplitude ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Mode Localization ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Out Of Plane

The results of an experimental investigation on the effects of random blade mistuning on the forced dynamic response of bladed disks are reported. The primary aim of the experiment is to gain understanding of the phenomena of mode localization and forced response blade amplitude magnification in bladed disks. A stationary, nominally periodic, twelve-bladed disk with simple geometry is subjected to a traveling-wave, out-of-plane, “engine order” excitation delivered via phase-shifted control signals sent to piezo-electric actuators mounted on the blades. The bladed disk is then mistuned by the addition of small, unequal weights to the blade tips, and it is again subjected to a traveling wave excitation. The experimental data is used to verify analytical predictions about the occurrence of localized mode shapes, increases in forced response amplitude, and changes in resonant frequency due to the presence of mistuning. Very good agreement between experimental measurements and finite element analysis is obtained. The out-of-plane response is compared and contrasted with the previously reported in-plane mode localization behavior of the same test specimen. This work also represents an important extension of previous experimental study by investigating a frequency regime in which modal density is lower but disk-blade interaction is significantly greater.

scholarly journals Blade Manufacturing Tolerances Definition for a Mistuned Industrial Bladed Disk

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evange´line Capiez-Lernout ◽  
Christian Soize ◽  
Jean-Pierre Lombard ◽  
Christian Dupont ◽  
Eric Seinturier
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Application ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Nonparametric Model ◽  
Dispersion Parameters ◽  
Bladed Disks ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Geometric Tolerances ◽  
Centrifugal Stiffening ◽  
Manufacturing Tolerances

This paper deals with the characterization of the blade manufacturing geometric tolerances in order to get a given level of amplification in the forced response of a mistuned bladed-disk. It is devoted to an industrial application in order to validate the theory previously developed [1] and in order to show that this theory is suited to any industrial bladed-disks. It should be noted that the development of an adapted methodology for solving the inverse problem, in order to characterize the manufacturing tolerances, is an important challenge for industries in this area. Let us recall that this theory is based on the use of a nonparametric probabilistic model of random uncertainties in the blade [2]. The dispersion parameters controlling the nonparametric model are estimated as a function of the geometric tolerances. Such an identification is carried out in a computational context by using the numerical Monte Carlo simulation and by using the reduced model method presented in [3]. The industrial application is devoted to the mistuning analysis of a 22 blades wide chord fan stage. Centrifugal stiffening due to rotational effects is also included. The results obtained validate the efficiency and the reliability of the method on three dimensional bladed disks.

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