Vibration Analysis on Bladed Disk Assemblies of Axial Flow Turbines

Disk Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials

Perforated discs have many applications in different parts of industry. By making such disks of functionally graded materials, more capabilities can be obtained from them. Vibration analysis of these kinds of disks can help us make them more efficient. In this paper, modeling and evaluation of disk vibration of functionally graded materials with regard to thickness were carried out using Abaqus...

Effects of Damping and Varying Contact Area at Blade-Disk Joints in Forced Response Analysis of Bladed Disk Assemblies

An approach is developed to analyze the multiharmonic forced response of large-scale finite element models of bladed disks taking account of the nonlinear forces acting at the contact interfaces of blade roots. Area contact interaction is modeled by area friction contact elements which allow for friction stresses under variable normal load, unilateral contacts, clearances, and interferences. Ex...

Effects of Large Energetic Vortices on Axial-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbines

Large scale coherent motions around marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) machines can significantly increase the structural loading and affect the overall performance of the machines. Characterization of the approach turbulence and their impact on the instantaneous response of MHK devices is essential for improving their design and performance. This preliminary study investigates the effect of turbule...

Endwall Film-Cooling in Axial Flow Turbines

A method of performance estimation for axial-flow turbines based on losses prediction

The main objective in this paper is creating a method for one-dimensional modeling of multi stage axial flow turbine. The calculation used in this technique is based on common thermodynamics and aerodynamics principles in a mean stream line analyses. In this approach, loss models have to be used to determine the entropy increase across each section in the turbine stage. Finally, the analysis an...