Analysis of Crack Induced Vibration Localization in Simplified Bladed-Disk Structures

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Fang ◽  
J. Tang

In this paper, we study the effect of crack on the vibratory response of a simplified bladed-disk model. A mono-coupled cyclically periodic structure consisting of cantilevered beams coupled with springs is used to emulate the dynamic response of bladed-disk in aero-engines. A fracture mechanics based approach is employed to evaluate the stiffness loss due to the occurrence of crack on single beam. Then, by taking advantage of the unique property of periodic structures, using the U-transform approach we develop analytical solutions to the free and forced vibrations of the structure with a single crack. It is identified that, while the stiffness loss on a single beam could be small and may not cause significant frequency change, it could lead to free and forced vibration localization in a periodic structure. The intrinsic relation between the response amplitudes and various system parameters such as internal coupling, crack severity, and excitation patterns is explored.

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Zhou ◽  
A. Hegde ◽  
P. Cao ◽  
J. Tang

Cyclically periodic structures, such as bladed disk assemblies in turbomachinery, are widely used in engineering systems. It is well known that small uncertainties exist among their substructures, which in certain situations may cause drastic change in the dynamic responses, a phenomenon known as vibration localization. Previous studies have suggested that the introduction of small, prespecified design modification, i.e., intentional mistuning, may alleviate vibration localization and reduce response variation. However, there has been no systematic methodology to facilitate the optimal design of intentional mistuning. The most significant challenge is the computational cost involved. The finite-element model of a bladed disk usually requires a very large number of degrees-of-freedom (DOFs). When uncertainties occur in a cyclically periodic structure, the response may no longer be considered as simple perturbation to that of the nominal structure. In this research, a suite of interrelated algorithms is proposed to enable the efficient design optimization of cyclically periodic structures toward alleviating their forced response variation. We first integrate model order reduction with a perturbation scheme to reduce the scale of analysis of a single run. Then, as the core of the new methodology, we incorporate Gaussian process (GP) emulation to conduct the rapid sampling-based evaluation of the design objective, which is a metric of response variation under uncertainties, in the parametric space. The optimal design modification can thus be directly identified to minimize the response variation. The efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed methodology are demonstrated by systematic case studies.


Aerospace ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang

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.


Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang

In this research, piezoelectric networking is investigated as an effective means for vibration suppression of mistuned bladed disk systems. Due to mistuning (i.e., imperfections in blade properties), bladed disks in turbo-machinery often suffer from vibration localization. In such cases, the vibration energy is confined to a small number of blades and forced response can be drastically increased when the structure is under engine order force excitation. To suppress the excessive vibration caused by localization, a piezoelectric networking concept has been proposed and analyzed for a multi-blade system in a previous study by the authors [1]. This research further extends the investigation with focus on circuitry design for a complex bladed disk model with the consideration of coupled blade-disk dynamics. A new multi-circuit piezoelectric network is designed and analyzed for multiple-harmonic vibration suppression of bladed disks. An optimal network is derived analytically based on system analysis. The performance of the network for bladed disks with random mistuning is examined using Monte Carlo simulation. The effects of variations (mistuning and detuning) in circuit parameters are also studied. Finally, a method to improve system performance and robustness is discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengling Zhang ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yu Fan ◽  
Jiuzhou Liu

An enhanced SSDI (synchronized switch damping on inductor) approach is proposed to suppress the vibration of bladed disks in aero-engines. Different from the authors’ former work (MSSP, 2017; JIMSS, 2018) where a local SSDI circuit is shunted to the piezoelectric materials at each blade sector, in this work two blade sectors are interconnected by a shared SSDI circuit. In this way, the switching action of SSDI is triggered by the relative displacement between two blade sectors. The feasibility of the dual-connected SSDI is numerically examined by a 2-DOF (degree-of-freedom) mechanical system, and further experimentally validated on a single-beam and a double-beam system. Results show that the damping performance increases with the amplitude of relative displacement. This feature is especially favorable for the application of blisks where the blade normally vibrates in different amplitudes and phases. Eventually, we conduct numerical simulation on the forced response of mistuned bladed disk undergoing travelling wave excitation. Results show that the dual-connected configuration can reduce at least half the number of switching shunts while maintain nearly the same performance as the conventional (local) SSDI.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Petrov

An effective method for analysis of periodic forced response of nonlinear cyclically symmetric structures has been developed. The method allows multiharmonic forced response to be calculated for a whole bladed disk using a periodic sector model without any loss of accuracy in calculations and modeling. A rigorous proof of the validity of the reduction of the whole nonlinear structure to a sector is provided. Types of bladed disk forcing for which the method may be applied are formulated. A multiharmonic formulation and a solution technique for equations of motion have been derived for two cases of description for a linear part of the bladed disk model: (i) using sector finite element matrices and (ii) using sector mode shapes and frequencies. Calculations validating the developed method and a numerical investigation of a realistic high-pressure turbine bladed disk with shrouds have demonstrated the high efficiency of the method.


2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang

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.


Author(s):  
F. Georgiades ◽  
M. Peeters ◽  
G. Kerschen ◽  
J. C. Golinval ◽  
M. Ruzzene

The objective of this study is to carry out modal analysis of nonlinear periodic structures using nonlinear normal modes (NNMs). The NNMs are computed numerically with a method developed in [18] that is using a combination of two techniques: a shooting procedure and a method for the continuation of periodic motion. The proposed methodology is applied to a simplified model of a perfectly cyclic bladed disk assembly with 30 sectors. The analysis shows that the considered model structure features NNMs characterized by strong energy localization in a few sectors. This feature has no linear counterpart, and its occurrence is associated with the frequency-energy dependence of nonlinear oscillations.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc P. Mignolet ◽  
Chung-Chih Lin

The present investigation focused on the estimation of the parameters of a structural model to represent “at best” a set of measurements of the steady state response of a mistuned bladed disk. The applicability of the least squares and maximum likelihood approaches to the identification of the bladed disk model from this data is first investigated. The advantages and drawbacks of these techniques motivate the introduction of a new mixed least squares-maximum likelihood formulation which is shown to recover well the true model parameters from noisy simulated response data.


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbiao Yu ◽  
K. W. Wang

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.


1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 878-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Wildheim

A rotationally periodic structure consists of a finite number of identical substructures forming a closed ring. The vibrational behavior of such structures is considered, especially the forced response due to a rotating force. It is known that for a rotationally symmetric structure, excited by a rotating force, resonance for the n nodal diameters mode is obtained when the corresponding natural frequency is ωn = nΩ, where Ω is the angular velocity of the force. This resonance condition also holds for a rotationally periodic structure. But then additional resonance possibilities exist, given by ωn = (kN ± n)Ω, where N is the number of substructures and k = 0, 1, 2,… These resonance conditions give a zigzag line in the nodal diameters versus frequency diagram, which here is introduced as the ZZENF diagram. The deformation patterns at the resonances are both forward and backward traveling waves.


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