Investigation on the Robustness of Rotor/Stator Contact Interactions With Respect to Small Mistuning

Abstract

In this work, the impact of small mistuning on rotor/stator contact interactions is investigated. First, a detailed study of a rotor/stator interaction between the first bending modes and the second engine order is presented in the tuned case. Then, a numerical investigation on the effect of mistuning on the studied rotor/stator contact interaction is carried out. In particular, a stochastic analysis is performed to evaluate the robustness of the interaction with respect to the mistuning level. Simulations are conducted using a reduced order model (ROM) of an industrial bladed disk that combines both physical degrees of freedom (along blades tip for contact treatment) and modal coordinates. Mistuning is introduced in the tuned ROM by means of a modified version of the component mode mistuning method that allows to keep physical degrees of freedom within the reduced basis. Nonlinear amplification factors, i.e. the amplification factors in the context of contact nonlinearities, are compared with their linear counterparts, the latter are computed using a linear forcing on each blade using a two nodal diameters traveling wave excitation on the mistuned and the tuned bladed disk. The comparison between the linear and nonlinear amplification factor for each sample highlights that no correlation exists between a mistuning pattern leading to high amplifications in a linear context or when contact nonlinearities are taken into account. Therefore, dedicated analyses on the effect of mistuning should be undertaken with contact nonlinearities considerations at the design stage especially if intentional mistuning is considered.

Nonlinear stochastic dynamics of detuned bladed-disks with uncertain mistuning and detuning optimization using a probabilistic machine learning tool

“…[12,13,14,15,16,17,18]). A research effort has also been made for the construction of nonlinear reduced-order models allowing for the mistuning analysis of bladed-disk in presence of contact nonlinearities [19,20,21,22,23,24,25]. Moreover, due to technological evolutions that involve lighter materials and thinner blades, the nonlinear geometrical effects induced by finite displacements cannot longer be neglected.…”