A Software Framework for Probabilistic Fatigue Life Assessment of Gas Turbine Engine Rotors

2008 ◽  
pp. 199-199-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
RC McClung ◽  
MP Enright ◽  
HR Millwater ◽  
GR Leveront ◽  
SJ Hudak
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Software Framework ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Fatigue Life Assessment ◽  
Engine Rotors

A Software Framework for Probabilistic Fatigue Life Assessment of Gas Turbine Engine Rotors

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 11563 ◽  
Author(s):  
RC McClung ◽  
MP Enright ◽  
HR Millwater ◽  
GR Leverant ◽  
SJ Hudak
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Software Framework ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Fatigue Life Assessment ◽  
Engine Rotors

Life assessment of a high temperature probe designed for performance evaluation and health monitoring of an aero gas turbine engine

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benny George ◽  
Nagalingam Muthuveerappan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Creep Life ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Engine Components

AbstractTemperature probes of different designs were widely used in aero gas turbine engines for measurement of air and gas temperatures at various locations starting from inlet of fan to exhaust gas from the nozzle. Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) downstream of low pressure turbine is one of the key parameters in performance evaluation and digital engine control. The paper presents a holistic approach towards life assessment of a high temperature probe housing thermocouple sensors designed to measure EGT in an aero gas turbine engine. Stress and vibration analysis were carried out from mechanical integrity point of view and the same was evaluated in rig and on the engine. Application of 500 g load concept to clear the probe design was evolved. The design showed strength margin of more than 20% in terms of stress and vibratory loads. Coffin Manson criteria, Larsen Miller Parameter (LMP) were used to assess the Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) and creep life while Goodman criteria was used to assess High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) margin. LCF and HCF are fatigue related damage from high frequency vibrations of engine components and from ground-air-ground engine cycles (zero-max-zero) respectively and both are of critical importance for ensuring structural integrity of engine components. The life estimation showed LCF life of more than 4000 mission reference cycles, infinite HCF life and well above 2000 h of creep life. This work had become an integral part of the health monitoring, performance evaluation as well as control system of the aero gas turbine engine.

Life assessment of a high temperature probe designed for performance evaluation and health monitoring of an aero gas turbine engine

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benny George ◽  
Nagalingam Muthuveerappan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Creep Life ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Engine Components

Abstract Temperature probes of different designs were widely used in aero gas turbine engines for measurement of air and gas temperatures at various locations starting from inlet of fan to exhaust gas from the nozzle. Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) downstream of low pressure turbine is one of the key parameters in performance evaluation and digital engine control. The paper presents a holistic approach towards life assessment of a high temperature probe housing thermocouple sensors designed to measure EGT in an aero gas turbine engine. Stress and vibration analysis were carried out from mechanical integrity point of view and the same was evaluated in rig and on the engine. Application of 500 g load concept to clear the probe design was evolved. The design showed strength margin of more than 20% in terms of stress and vibratory loads. Coffin Manson criteria, Larsen Miller Parameter (LMP) were used to assess the Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) and creep life while Goodman criteria was used to assess High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) margin. LCF and HCF are fatigue related damage from high frequency vibrations of engine components and from ground-air-ground engine cycles (zero-max-zero) respectively and both are of critical importance for ensuring structural integrity of engine components. The life estimation showed LCF life of more than 4000 mission reference cycles, infinite HCF life and well above 2000 h of creep life. This work had become an integral part of the health monitoring, performance evaluation as well as control system of the aero gas turbine engine.

A New Finite Element Approach to Biaxial Fatigue Life Prediction in Gas Turbine Engine

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasim Tarar ◽  
M.-H. Herman Shen
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Constitutive Law ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Number Of Cycles ◽  
Cycles To Failure

High cycle fatigue is the most common cause of failure in gas turbine engines. Different design tools have been developed to predict number of cycles to failure for a component subjected to fatigue loads. An energy-based fatigue life prediction framework was previously developed in recent research for prediction of axial and bending fatigue life at various stress ratios. The framework for the prediction of fatigue life via energy analysis was based on a new constitutive law, which states the following: the amount of energy required to fracture a material is constant. A finite element approach for uniaxial and bending fatigue was developed by authors based on this constitutive law. In this study, the energy expressions that construct the new constitutive law are integrated into minimum potential energy formulation to develop a new QUAD-4 finite element for fatigue life prediction. The newly developed QUAD-4 element is further modified to obtain a plate element. The Plate element can be used to model plates subjected to biaxial fatigue including bending loads. The new QUAD-4 element is benchmarked with previously developed uniaxial tension/compression finite element. The comparison of Finite element method (FEM) results to existing experimental fatigue data, verifies the new finite element development for fatigue life prediction. The final output of this finite element analysis is in the form of number of cycles to failure for each element in ascending or descending order. Therefore, the new finite element framework can predict the number of cycles to failure at each location in gas turbine engine structural components. The new finite element provides a very useful tool for fatigue life prediction in gas turbine engine components. The performance of the fatigue finite element is demonstrated by the fatigue life predictions from Al6061-T6 aluminum and Ti-6Al-4V. Results are compared with experimental results and analytical predictions.

Small-scale specimen testing for fatigue life assessment of service-exposed industrial gas turbine blades

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 262-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Holländer ◽  
D. Kulawinski ◽  
A. Weidner ◽  
M. Thiele ◽  
H. Biermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Gas Turbine Blades ◽  
Fatigue Life Assessment ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbine

Development of a reliability-based fatigue life model for gas turbine engine structures

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 807-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Tryon ◽  
Thomas A. Cruse ◽  
Sankaran Mahadevan
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbine Engine ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Life Model
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