Experimentally Verified Study of Regeneration-Induced Forced Response in Axial Turbines

2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Aschenbruck ◽  
Joerg R. Seume
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Amplitude ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Angle Variation ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Axial Turbines ◽  
Stagger Angle

Geometrical variations occur in highly loaded turbine blades due to operation and regeneration. To determine the influence of such regeneration-induced variances of turbine blades on the aerodynamic excitation, a typical stagger angle variation of overhauled turbine blades is applied to stator vanes of an air turbine. This varied turbine stage is numerically and experimentally investigated. For the aerodynamic investigation of the vane wake, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are conducted. It is shown that the wake is changed due to the stagger angle variation. These results are confirmed by aerodynamic probe measurements in the air turbine. The vibration amplitude of the downstream rotor blades has been determined by a computational forced response analysis using a unidirectional fluid–structure interaction (FSI) approach and is experimentally verified here by tip-timing measurements. The results of the simulations and the measurements both show significantly higher amplitudes at certain operating points (OPs) due to the additional wake excitation. For typical regeneration-induced variations in stagger angle, the vibration amplitude is up to five times higher than in the reference case of uniform upstream stators. Based upon the present results, the influence of these variations and of the vane patterns on the vibration amplitude of the downstream rotor blade can and should be estimated in the regeneration process to minimize the dynamic stresses of the blades.

Experimentally Verified Study of Regeneration-Induced Forced Response in Axial Turbines

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Aschenbruck ◽  
Joerg R. Seume
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Amplitude ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Angle Variation ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Axial Turbines ◽  
Stagger Angle

Geometrical variations occur in highly loaded turbine blades due to operation and regeneration. To determine the influence of such regeneration-induced variances of turbine blades on the aerodynamic excitation, a typical stagger angle variation of overhauled turbine blades is applied to stator vanes of an air turbine. This varied turbine stage is numerically and experimentally investigated. For the aerodynamic investigation of the vane wake, CFD simulations are conducted. It is shown that the wake is changed due to the stagger angle variation. These results are confirmed by aerodynamic probe measurements in the air turbine. The vibration amplitude of the downstream rotor blades has been determined by a computational forced response analysis using a uni-directional fluid-structure interaction approach and is experimentally verified here by tip-timing measurements. The results of the simulations and the measurements both show significantly higher amplitudes at certain operating points due to the additional wake excitation. For typical regeneration-induced variations in stagger angle, the vibration amplitude is up to five times higher than in the reference case of uniform upstream stators. Based upon the present results, the influence of these variations and of the vane patterns on the vibration amplitude of the downstream rotor blade can and should be estimated in the regeneration process to minimize the dynamic stresses of the blades.

Regeneration-Induced Forced Response in Axial Turbines

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Aschenbruck ◽  
Christopher E. Meinzer ◽  
Linus Pohle ◽  
Lars Panning-von Scheidt ◽  
Joerg R. Seume
Keyword(s):  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Structural Dynamic ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Axial Turbines ◽  
Interaction Approach ◽  
Stagger Angle

The regeneration of highly loaded turbine blades causes small variations of their geometrical parameters. To determine the influence of such regeneration-induced variances of turbine blades on the nozzle excitation, an existing air turbine is extended by a newly designed stage. The aerodynamic and the structural dynamic behavior of the new turbine stage are analyzed. The calculated eigenfrequencies are verified by an experimental modal analysis and are found to be in good agreement. Typical geometric variances of overhauled turbine blades are then applied to stator vanes of the newly designed turbine stage. A forced response analysis of these vanes is conducted using a uni-directional fluid-structure interaction approach. The effects of geometric variances on the forced response of the rotor blade are evaluated. It is shown that the vibration amplitudes of the response are significantly higher for some modes due to the additional wake excitation that is introduced by the geometrical variances e.g. 56 times higher for typical MRO-induced variations in stagger-angle.

Experimental Validation of Forced Response Methods in a Multi-Stage Axial Turbine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hauptmann ◽  
Christopher E. Meinzer ◽  
Joerg R. Seume
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Vibration Amplitude ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Service Condition ◽  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Axial Turbine

Depending on the in service condition of jet engines, turbine blades may have to be replaced, refurbished, or repaired in the course of an engine overhaul. Thus, significant changes of the turbine blade geometry can be introduced due to regeneration and overhaul processes. Such geometric variances can affect the aerodynamic and aeroelastic behavior of turbine blades. One goal in the development of the regeneration process is to estimate the aerodynamic excitation of turbine blades depending on these geometric variances caused during the regeneration. Therefore, this study presents an experimentally validated comparison of two methods for the prediction of forced response in a multistage axial turbine. Two unidirectional fluid structure interaction (FSI) methods, a time-linearized and a time-accurate with a subsequent linear harmonic analysis, are employed and the results validated against experimental data. The results show that the vibration amplitude of the time-linearized method is in good agreement with the experimental data and, also requires lower computational time than the time-accurate FSI. Based on this result, the time-linearized method is used to perform a sensitivity study of the tip clearance size of the last rotor blade row of the five stage axial turbine. The results show that an increasing tip clearances size causes an up to 1.35 higher vibration amplitude compared to the reference case, due to increased forcing and decreased damping work.

A Resonance Tracking Algorithm for the Prediction of Turbine Forced Response With Friction Dampers

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bréard ◽  
J. S. Green ◽  
M. Vahdati ◽  
M. Imregun
Keyword(s):  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Friction Damper ◽  
Blade Vibration ◽  
Frequency Shifts ◽  
Friction Dampers

This paper presents an iterative method for determining the resonant speed shift when non-linear friction dampers are included in turbine blade roots. Such a need arises when conducting response calculations for turbine blades where the unsteady aerodynamic excitation must be computed at the exact resonant speed of interest. The inclusion of friction dampers is known to raise the resonant frequencies by up to 20% from the standard assembly frequencies. The iterative procedure uses a viscous, time-accurate flow representation for determining the aerodynamic forcing, a look-up table for evaluating the aerodynamic boundary conditions at any speed, and a time-domain friction damping module for resonance tracking. The methodology was applied to an HP turbine rotor test case where the resonances of interest were due to the 1T and 2F blade modes under 40 engine-order excitation. The forced response computations were conducted using a multi-stage approach in order to avoid errors associated with “linking” single stage computations since the spacing between the two bladerows was relatively small. Three friction damper elements were used for each rotor blade. To improve the computational efficiency, the number of rotor blades was decreased by 2 to 90 in order to obtain a stator/rotor blade ratio of 4/9. However, the blade geometry was skewed in order to match the capacity (mass flow rate) of the components and the condition being analysed. Frequency shifts of 3.2% and 20.0% were predicted for the 1T/40EO and 2F/40EO resonances in about 3 iterations. The predicted frequency shifts and the dynamic behaviour of the friction dampers were found to be within the expected range. Furthermore, the measured and predicted blade vibration amplitudes showed a good agreement, indicating that the methodology can be applied to industrial problems.

Transient Forced Response Analysis of Mistuned Steam Turbine Blades During Startup and Coastdown

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Siewert ◽  
Heinrich Stüer
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Forced Vibrations ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
The Self ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Steam Turbine Blades ◽  
Number Of Publications

It is well known that the vibrational behavior of a mistuned bladed disk differs strongly from that of a tuned bladed disk. A large number of publications dealing with the dynamics of mistuned bladed disks are available in the literature. The vibrational phenomena analyzed in these publications are either forced vibrations or self-excited flutter vibrations. Nearly, all published literature on the forced vibrations of mistuned blades disks considers harmonic, i.e., steady-state, vibrations, whereas the self-excited flutter vibrations are analyzed by the evaluation of the margin against instabilities by means of a modal, or rather than eigenvalue, analysis. The transient forced response of mistuned bladed disk is not analyzed in detail so far. In this paper, a computationally efficient mechanical model of a mistuned bladed disk to compute the transient forced response is presented. This model is based on the well-known fundamental model of mistuning (FMM). With this model, the statistics of the transient forced response of a mistuned bladed disk is analyzed and compared to the results of harmonic forced response analysis.

Transient Forced Response Analysis of Mistuned Steam Turbine Blades During Start-Up and Coast-Down

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Siewert ◽  
Heinrich Stüer
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Forced Vibrations ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Bladed Disk ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Steam Turbine Blades ◽  
Number Of Publications

It is well-known that the vibrational behavior of a mistuned bladed disk differs strongly from that of a tuned bladed disk. A large number of publications dealing with the dynamics of mistuned bladed disks is available in the literature. The vibrational phenomena analyzed in these publications are either forced vibrations or self-excited flutter vibrations. Nearly all published literature on the forced vibrations of mistuned blades disks considers harmonic, i. e. steady-state, vibrations, whereas the self-excited flutter vibrations are analyzed by the evaluation of the margin against instabilities by means of a modal, or rather than eigenvalue, analysis. The transient forced response of mistuned bladed disk is not analyzed in detail so far. In this paper, a computationally efficient mechanical model of a mistuned bladed disk to compute the transient forced response is presented. This model is based on the well-known Fundamental Model of Mistuning. With this model, the statistics of the transient forced response of a mistuned bladed disk is analyzed and compared to the results of harmonic forced response analysis.

Effect of Scaling of Blade Row Sectors on the Prediction of Aerodynamic Forcing in a Highly-Loaded Transonic Turbine Stage

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini ◽  
Florian Fruth ◽  
Damian M. Vogt ◽  
Torsten H. Fransson
Keyword(s):  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Element Model ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Turbine Stage ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Scaling Technique

The viability of a scaling technique in prediction of forced response of the stator and rotor blades in a turbine stage has been examined. Accordingly the so called parameter, generalized force, is defined which describes the excitation of a modeshape due to the unsteady flow forces at a certain frequency. The capability of this method to accurately predict the generalized forces serves as the viability criterion. The scaling technique modifies the geometry to obtain an integer stator, rotor blade count ratio in an annulus section while maintaining steady aerodynamic similarity. A non-scaled configuration is set up to serve as the reference case. Further configurations with different scaling ratios are also generated for accuracy comparison. Unsteady forces are calculated through 3D Navier-Stokes simulations by VolSol, which is based on an explicit, time-marching. A general purpose finite element model of blades is also provided to enable modal analysis with the harmonic forces. The generalized forces of stator and rotor blades revealed high sensitivity towards modification of stator blades while acceptable accuracy was obtained by moderate modifications of the rotor blades for first harmonic forces. Moreover the influence of variable blade’s structural characteristics proved to be remarkable.

Forced Response Excitation of a Compressor Stator Owing to Shock Wave Induced by Adjacent Rotor Blade

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimasa Miura ◽  
Naoto Sakai ◽  
Naoki Kanazawa ◽  
Kentaro Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Strong Shock ◽  
Response Prediction ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Vibration Level ◽  
Fluid Force ◽  
Axial Compressors ◽  
Engine Order

Abstract The accurate prediction of high cycle fatigue (HCF) is becoming one of the key technologies in the design process of state-of-the-art axial compressors. If they are not properly designed, both rotor blades and stator vanes can be damaged. There are two main factors to cause HCF. One is low engine order (LEO) and the other is high engine order (HEO) excitation by fluid force associated with adjacent rotor-stator interaction. For the front stages of axial compressors for power generations and aero engines, the inlet Mach number of a rotor tip typically exceeds the speed of sound and strong shock waves tend to be induced. This can be the source of HEO excitation fluid force, and adjacent stator vanes are sometimes severely damaged. Thus, the aim of this study is to establish an efficient method for predicting the vibration response in this type of problem with high accuracy. To achieve this, numerical investigations are carried out by one-way fluid structure interaction (FSI) simulation. To validate the accuracy of FSI simulation, experiments are also conducted using a gas turbine engine for power generation. In the experiment, the vibration level is measured with strain gauges mounted on the surface of stator vanes and the data are compared with the predicted results. In the first part of the study, efficient prediction methods of excitation fluid force on the stator vane are investigated by time transformation (TT) and harmonic balance (HB) methods. Their accuracies are evaluated by comparing the results with those calculated by transient rotor stator (TRS) simulation whose pitch ratio is one between rotor and stator computational domains. It is found that the TT method can accurately predict the excitation fluid force with lower computation load even when there are pitch differences between rotor and stator regions. In the second part of the study, forced response analyses are carried out using the excitation fluid force obtained in the unsteady flow simulation. To obtain the total damping of the system, both hammering test and flutter simulations are carried out. Computed results are validated with experimental data and it is found that the predicted vibration level is in good agreement with experimental results. Through this study, the effectiveness of one-way FSI simulation is confirmed for this type of forced response prediction. By utilizing the combination of efficient unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and harmonic response analysis, vibration amplitude can be predicted accurately and efficiently.

scholarly journals Forced Response Analysis of an Aerodynamically Detuned Supersonic Turbomachine Rotor

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hoyniak ◽  
S. Fleeter
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Aircraft Engine ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Axial Component ◽  
Compressor Blades ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Influence Coefficients

High-performance aircraft engine fan and compressor blades are vulnerable to aerodynamically forced vibrations generated by inlet flow distortions due to wakes from upstream blade and vane rows, atmospheric gusts, and maldistributions in inlet ducts. In this paper, an analysis is developed to predict the flow-induced forced response behavior of an aerodynamically detuned rotor operating in a supersonic flow with a subsonic axial component. The aerodynamic detuning is achieved by alternating the circumferential spacing of adjacent rotor blades. The total unsteady aerodynamic loading acting on the blading, due to the convection of the transverse gust past the airfoil cascade and the resulting motion of the cascade, is developed in terms of influence coefficients. This analysis is then utilized to investigate the effect of aerodynamic detuning on the forced response characteristics of a 12-bladed rotor, with Verdon’s Cascade B flow geometry as a uniformly spaced baseline configuration. The results of this study indicate that for forward traveling wave gust excitations, aerodynamic detuning is generally very beneficial, resulting in significantly decreased maximum amplitude blade responses for many interblade phase angles.

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