Identification of Distributed Unbalanced Mass in Flexible Rotors

This paper presents a new method for identification of distributed unbalanced mass (DUM) of flexible rotors. To this end, a circular section rotor with constant area, distributed parameters, and a spatial distributed unbalanced mass is considered. Rotary inertia and gyroscopic effects are included in the dynamic of system. Then, by measuring the deflection of shaft at some points while rotating in a specific angular speed, an identification method is proposed to obtain the amount of DUM. This information can be used in balancing procedure of the rotor. The method is justified by two numerical simulations.