An entire family of twisted and tapered low pressure steam turbine SK-blades with pinned radial root and loosely assembled conical bolts is designed by scaling of the aerodynamic and mechanical properties of the smallest airfoil. For SK-blades operating with variable speed, the friction bolts, mounted in the upper airfoil part, provide either damping or coupling capabilities for the blades with respect to resonance conditions. The damping and coupling performance have been proved experimentally in the test rig of the real turbine. The measurements of the smallest SK-disc assembly under different operating conditions have allowed understanding the dynamic and damping behaviour of the bolts that are either friction dampers or coupling devices for the vibrating blades depending on the excitation level. In this paper, non-linear dynamic analyses of the smallest and large SK-turbine stage are performed and compared with the experimental data. The modal blade dynamics is defined by 30 complex FE mode shapes of the freestanding blades coupled by the disc whereby the bolt’s motion is described by 6 rigid body modes. The sticking contact condition between the blades and bolts is represented by the normal and tangential contact stiffness. These values are firstly estimated analytically with the Hertz’s formulas for the FE reaction forces and contact areas. More realistic contact stiffness values are obtained from the iterative process, in which the resonance frequencies are calculated with the steady-state simulations and compared to the FE nodal diameter curves for sticking contact conditions that meet the experimental frequencies very well (GT2007-27502). In non-linear simulations, in case of exceeding the sticking contact condition, the induced friction forces are linearized by the Harmonic Balance Method. In this manner, the micro-slipping and sticking contact behaviour at all contact points are calculated iteratively for the specified excitation amplitudes, friction coefficient, contact roughness and aerodamping values that are known from the experiment. The computed results of the tuned smallest SK-blades agree with the experimental resonance stresses of 12 measured blades. Differences between the computed and measured stresses are caused by mistuning, which was not quantified in the experiment. The non-linear dynamic analyses provide evidence of good damping performance for the smallest and large SK-blades with respect to wide range of excitation forces, different friction coefficients and various aerodynamic damping values. For the analyzed resonances of the 8th engine order, the scalability of damping performance is found for the SK-blades of different sizes.
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ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air
May 14–17, 2007
Montreal, Canada
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- International Gas Turbine Institute
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0-7918-4794-2
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Damping Performance of Axial Turbine Stages With Loosely Assembled Friction Bolts: The Non-Linear Dynamic Assessment — Part II
J. Szwedowicz,
J. Szwedowicz
ABB Turbo Systems, Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
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Th. Secall-Wimmel,
Th. Secall-Wimmel
ABB Turbo Systems, Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
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P. Du¨nck-Kerst
P. Du¨nck-Kerst
Siemens AG, Duisburg, Germany
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J. Szwedowicz
ABB Turbo Systems, Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
Th. Secall-Wimmel
ABB Turbo Systems, Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
P. Du¨nck-Kerst
Siemens AG, Duisburg, Germany
Paper No:
GT2007-27506, pp. 451-464; 14 pages
Published Online:
March 10, 2009
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Szwedowicz, J, Secall-Wimmel, T, & Du¨nck-Kerst, P. "Damping Performance of Axial Turbine Stages With Loosely Assembled Friction Bolts: The Non-Linear Dynamic Assessment — Part II." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2007: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. Volume 5: Turbo Expo 2007. Montreal, Canada. May 14–17, 2007. pp. 451-464. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2007-27506
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