Investigation on nonlinear lateral-torsional coupled vibration of a rotor system with substantial unbalance

Substantial unbalance may be caused by fan blade off during the operation period of gas turbine engines, and related dynamic problems are very critical to the safety design of rotor system in aero-engine. This article aims to understand lateral-torsional coupled vibration of the rotor system with substantial unbalance. The governing equation of a modified unbalanced rotor system is established based on Lagrangian approach. Then, a mathematical analytical method is proposed in which a linear approximation is derived and the Floquet theory and Hill’s method are incorporated, from which the modal characteristics of the unbalanced rotor are obtained. The modal characteristics of the unbalanced rotor system are revealed comprehensively for the first time. Furthermore, the relation between the modes and responses of the unbalanced rotor is discussed in detail. The results show that the lateral vibration and torsional vibration of the unbalanced rotor are coupled through the inertial terms in the governing equations. Due to the coupling, veering and lock-in phenomena occur between the frequencies of the forward whirl mode and the torsional mode. Furthermore, lock-in can lead to a kind of principal instability. With regard to the response of the unbalanced rotor, both natural vibration components and enforced vibration components appear in the lateral response, while only natural vibration components appear during torsional vibration. Moreover, natural vibration components play a crucial role in the response within the principal instability region and cause divergence of the vibration amplitudes in the lateral and torsional directions.     

选区激光熔化TC4小裂纹扩展特性数值模拟

发展了一种考虑微观组织的选区激光熔化（SLM）钛合金TC4小裂纹扩展数值模拟方法。基于SLM TC4的微观组织观测结果,利用Voronoi算法并通过晶体取向筛选,实现了微观组织建模。在此基础上,采用扩展有限元法建立了SLM TC4材料小裂纹扩展行为模拟方法,探究沉积方向以及晶粒尺寸、晶体取向等微观组织对小裂纹扩展速率的影响规律。结果表明:沉积方向影响材料的裂纹扩展抗力,沉积方向与裂纹扩展方向平行时,材料抵抗疲劳小裂纹扩展的性能相对更好。晶粒尺寸影响小裂纹扩展速率,晶粒尺寸越大,小裂纹扩展速率越快。晶体取向影响速率的波动性,不同晶体取向材料的小裂纹扩展速率上下界有明显差异。      

Research on vibration suppression of a mistuned blisk by a piezoelectric network

The work aims to provide a further investigation of the dynamic characteristics of an integral bladed disk(also called ‘blisk') with a Parallel Piezoelectric Network(PPN). The PPN is constructed by parallelly interconnecting the piezoelectric patches distributed in the blisk. Two kinds of PPN are considered, namely mono-periodic PPN and bi-periodic PPN. The former has a piezoelectric patch in each sector, and the later has one patch every few sectors. The vibration suppression performance of both kinds of PPN has been studied through modal analysis, forced response analysis, and statistical analysis. The research results turn out that the PPN will only affect mechanical frequencies near the electrical frequency clusters slightly, and the bi-periodic PPN will make the nodal diameter spectrum of the modes more complex, but the amplitude corresponding to the new nodal diameter component is much smaller than that of the nodal diameter component corresponding to the mono-periodic system. The mechanical coupling between the blades and the disk plays an important role in the damping effect of the PPN, and it should be paid attention to in applications. The mono-periodic PPN can effectively suppress the amplitude magnification of the forced response induced by the mistuning of the blisk; meanwhile, it can mitigate the vibration localization of the mistuned electromechanical system. If piezoelectric patches are set only in part of the sectors, the bi-periodic PPN still has a vibration suppression ability, but the effect is related to the number and spatial distribution of the piezoelectric patches.     

Ensuring an acceptable reliability and safety level for a launch complex

Some key aspects and criteria tasks for ensuring an acceptable reliability and safety level for complex technical systems are discussed in the view of successful operation of a launch complex, at the stage of Launch Vehicle (LV) preparation. The standards and principles of adequate characteristics for launch site core technological systems are defined. The tasks for evaluation the probability of faultless operation for the systems, their reliability a posteriori, and safety barriers formation are described. The model of the pre-launch phase is presented as a random process, in the form of “simple Poisson flow”.     

镍基高温合金GH4169孔挤压强化数值模拟方法及参数影响

为探究孔挤压工艺在镍基高温合金上的应用,建立了镍基高温合金GH4169孔挤压工艺的数值模拟方法,并通过试验验证了方法的有效性,讨论了芯棒材料、挤压量和摩擦因数对周向残余应力分布的影响规律。结果表明:GH4169的挤压量上限为186%,并得到了挤压量和摩擦因数的优选范围;残余压应力层的深度受挤压量控制,在挤入面和挤出面都与挤压量呈正相关的线性关系,但存在最佳挤压量;挤压过程中芯棒会发生塑性变形,选材时要综合考虑芯棒的屈服强度和强度极限;摩擦因数仅影响孔边的残余应力分布,润滑不良时挤出面会因材料堆积而成为危险截面。     

A unifying approach in simulating the shot peening process using a 3D random representative volume finite element model

Using a modified 3D random representative volume (RV) finite element model,the effects of model dimensions (impact region and interval between impact and representative regions),model shapes (rectangular,square,and circular),and peening-induced thermal softening on resultant critical quantities (residual stress,Almen intensity,coverage,and arc height) after shot peening are systematically examined.A new quantity,i.e.,the interval between impact and representative regions,is introduced and its optimal value is first determined to eliminate any boundary effect on shot peening results.Then,model dimensions are respectively assessed for all model shapes to reflect the actual shot peening process,based on which shape-independent critical shot peening quantities are obtained.Further,it is found that thermal softening of the target material due to shot peening leads to variances of the surface residual stress and arc height,demonstrating the necessity of considering the thermal effect in a constitutive material model of shot peeing.Our study clarifies some of the finite element modeling aspects and lays the ground for accurate modeling of the SP process.     

SiC/SiC复合材料涡轮叶片结构设计及静强度评价

以高温合金低压涡轮叶片为原型，研究了采用SiC/SiC复合材料进行该型涡轮叶片结构设计的可行性。完成了SiC/SiC叶片的宏观设计、榫头设计和细节设计。计算分析了金属和复合材料涡轮叶片的变形和应力特点。对按设计制备的SiC/SiC叶片开展了拉伸强度测试，并在试验中监测了叶片的应变。计算结果表明：SiC/SiC叶片在额定状态下的伸长量低于原金属叶片；叶身叶根与缘板过渡处应力水平最高，但低于SiC/SiC复合材料的拉伸强度；榫头榫颈处有发生局部剪切破坏的风险。试验结果表明：该SiC/SiC叶片的断裂明显呈现出拉伸失效模式，以断裂转速计算的静强度储备系数约为1.3；所采用的SiC/SiC叶片结构设计方法可行，所制备的复合材料叶片也顺利通过了实验室条件下的静强度考核。     

考虑服役微结构状态的镍基合金低周疲劳寿命预测方法

定向凝固/单晶镍基合金在服役过程中受高温、外载和时间的复杂影响会发生微结构退化,从而导致其低周疲劳性能降低.为了预测微结构退化镍基合金的低周疲劳寿命,探索材料微结构退化导致疲劳寿命缩短的机理,假定材料在标准热处理状态下承受更大载荷而不改变材料在给定载荷下的疲劳损伤机制和规律,基于连续损伤力学和应变能密度理论建立了考虑微...     

A new fatigue life prediction model considering the creep-fatigue interaction effect based on the Walker total strain equation

The performance of high-temperature components of aero-engines under the Creep-Fatigue Interaction (CFI) behavior gets more attention recently. In this research, the creep-fatigue tests of two superalloys of Powder Metallurgy (PM) FGH96 and direct aging GH4169 were performed at 650 °C with different types of dwell, and the fracture morphology of FGH96 specimens was observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to analyze the creep-fatigue fracture feature and crack initiation. Additionally, according to phenomenology, the effect of dwell was introduced to develop a new uniaxial fatigue life prediction model based on the total strain equation, which has capability to take dwell time and load ratio into account together. The equations were utilized to model the test data of PM FGH96 and GH4169, together with data of another superalloy PM FGH95 conducted previously. A prominent prediction ability of the model in creep-fatigue life prediction of different superalloys has been manifested. Most data points of test data and estimated data are located within two times scatter band, which is ideal in engineering.     

低周载荷对高周裂纹裂尖塑性区的影响

为探明高低周复合疲劳裂纹扩展中高低周载荷交互作用机理,采用弹塑性有限元模型模拟了含中心裂纹试件在高低周载荷交互作用下裂尖塑性区的变化.结果表明:低周载荷的卸载作用导致高周载荷对应的裂尖反向塑性区明显减小,裂纹闭合水平也因此降低,进而加速裂纹扩展,致使高低周复合疲劳裂纹扩展寿命降低.在此基础上,对比研究了低周载荷应力比、高周载荷应力比、高低周载荷循环比对裂尖反向塑性区的影响.结果表明:随着低周载荷应力比降低、高周载荷应力比增加,循环比的减少,均导致低周载荷的卸载作用增加.