Effects of a cracked blade on mistuned turbine engine rotor vibration

Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier, Christophe Pierre

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Abstract

An efficient methodology for predicting the nonlinear forced vibration response of a turbine engine rotor with a cracked blade is presented and used to investigate the effects of the damage on the forced response. The effects of small, random blade-to-blade differences (mistuning) and rotation on the forced response are also considered. Starting with a finite element model, a hybridinterface method of Component Mode Synthesis (CMS) is employed to generate a reduced-order model (ROM). The crack surfaces are retained as physical degrees of freedom in the ROM so that the forces due to contact interaction in three-dimensional space can be properly calculated. The resulting nonlinear equations of steady-state motion are solved by applying an alternating frequency/time-domain method, which is much more computationally efficient than traditional time integration. Using this reduced-order modeling and analysis framework, the effects of the cracked blade on the system response are investigated for various mistuning levels and rotation speeds. First, the advantages of the selected hybrid-interface CMS method are discussed and demonstrated. Then, the resonant frequency shift associated with the stiffness loss due to the crack, as well as vibration localization about the cracked blade are thoroughly investigated. In addition, the results of the nonlinear ROMs are compared to those obtained with linear ROMs as well as blade-alone ROMs. It is shown that several key system vibration characteristics are not captured by the simpler models, but that some insight into the system response can be gained from the blade-alone response predictions. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that while the effects of the crack often appear similar those of mistuning, differences between the effects of mistuning and damage can be discerned by observing and comparing the response across different families of system modes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
Pages1445-1456
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event21st Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, presented at - 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2007 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 4 Sep 20077 Sep 2007

Publication series

Name2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
Volume1 PART B

Conference

Conference21st Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, presented at - 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period4/09/077/09/07

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