This paper describes some of the requirements for bearing dampers to be used in an aircraft engine and briefly discusses the pros and cons of various types of dampers that were considered as candidates for active control in aircraft engines. A disk type of electrorheological (ER) damper was chosen for further study and testing. The paper explains how and why the choice was made. For evaluating potential applications to aircraft engines, an experimental development engine (XTE-45) was used as an example for this study. Like most real aircraft engines, the XTE-45 ran through more than one critical speed in its operating speed range. There are some speeds where damping is desirable and other speeds where it is not. Thus, the concept of a damper with controllable forces appears attractive. The desired equivalent viscous damping at the critical speeds along with the available size envelope were two of the major criteria used for comparing the dampers. Most previous investigators have considered the ER damper to produce a purely Coulomb type of damping force and this was the assumption used by the present authors in this study. It is shown in a companion paper, however, that a purely Coulomb type of friction cannot restrain the peak vibration amplitudes at rotordynamic critical speeds and that the equivalent viscous damping for rotordynamics is different from the value derived by previous investigators for planar vibration. The type of control scheme required and its effectiveness was another criterion used for comparing the dampers in this paper. [S0742-4795(00)00803-6]
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Actively Controlled Bearing Dampers for Aircraft Engine Applications
John M. Vance,
John M. Vance
Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Daniel Ying,
Daniel Ying
Turbine Manufacturing Division, ABB Power Generation, Inc.
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Jorgen L. Nikolajsen
Jorgen L. Nikolajsen
Staffordshire University, POB 333, Stafford ST18 ODF, U.K.
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John M. Vance
Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843
Daniel Ying
Turbine Manufacturing Division, ABB Power Generation, Inc.
Jorgen L. Nikolajsen
Staffordshire University, POB 333, Stafford ST18 ODF, U.K.
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, June 7–10, 1999; ASME Paper No. 99-GT-18. Manuscript received by IGTI March 9, 1999; final revision received by the ASME Headquarters May 15, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: D. Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jul 2000, 122(3): 466-472 (7 pages)
Published Online: May 15, 2000
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March 9, 1999
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May 15, 2000
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Vance, J. M., Ying, D., and Nikolajsen, J. L. (May 15, 2000). "Actively Controlled Bearing Dampers for Aircraft Engine Applications ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. July 2000; 122(3): 466–472. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1286922
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