Theoretical and Experimental Study on the Performance of Hermetic Diaphragm Squeeze Film Dampers for Gas-Lubricated Bearings

Low damping characteristics have always been a key sticking points in the development of gas bearings.The application of squeeze film dampers can significantly improve the damping performance of gas lubricated bearings.This paper proposed a novel hermetic diaphragm squeeze film damper(HDSFD)for oil-free turbomachinery supported by gas lubricated bearings.Several types of HDSFDs with symmetrical structure were proposed for good damping performance.By considering the compressibility of the damper fluid,based on hydraulic fluid mechanics theory,a dynamic model of HDSFDs under medium is proposed,which successfully reflects the frequency dependence of force coefficients.Based on the dynamic model,the effects of damper fluid viscosity,bulk modulus of damper fluid,thickness of damper fluid film and plunger thickness on the dynamic stiffness and damping of HDSFDs were analyzed.An experimental test rig was assembled and series of experimental studies on HDSFDs were conducted.The damper fluid transverse flow is added to the existing HDSFD concept,which aims to make the dynamic force coefficients independent of frequency.Although the force coefficient is still frequency dependent,the damping coefficient at high frequency excitation with damper fluid supply twice as that without damper fluid supply.The results serve as a benchmark for the calibration of analytical tools under development.

Research on a Rigid Rotor-Sliding Bearing System with a Squeeze Film Damper

In this paper, a dynamic model on a rigid rotor sliding bearing system with a SFD is established. The stability and bifurcation behaviors of the system are studied. On the basis of the differential equations of fluid momentum and mass continuity, the distribution pressure function is derived by taking oil film inertia force into consideration. Damping force, clearance excitation force, interference force of different frequencies and static load are also considered in the model. Finally, the governing equations of the stability and bifurcation behaviors of the system are solved by Floquet theory. Simulation of dynamic model shows that the rigid rotor sliding bearing system can maintain stability and exhibit a Hopf bifurcation phenomenon in a certain range.

Experimental study on vibration suppression in a rotor system under base excitation using an integral squeeze film damper

Base excitation is one of common excitations in rotor system.In order to study the dynamic characteristics of rotor systems under base excitation and the effect of integral squeeze film dampers(ISFDs)on their dynamic characteristics,a single-disk rotor test rig,where mass imbalance and base excitation could be applied,is developed.Experimental research on the rotor system response under sinusoidal base excitation conditions with different frequencies and excitation forces is performed and the effect of ISFD on the dynamic characteristics of the rotor is investigated.The experimental results demonstrate that when the sinusoidal base excitation frequency approaches the first critical speed of the rotor system or the natural frequency of the rotor system base,strong vibration occurs in the rotor,indicating that the base excitation of the two frequencies has a greater impact on rotor system response.In addition,with the increase of the base excitation force,the vibration of the rotor will be increased.ISFDs can significantly inhibit the vibration due to unbalanced forces and sinusoidal base excitation in rotor systems.To a certain extent,ISFDs can improve the effect of sinusoidal base excitation with most frequencies on rotor system response,and they have a good vibration reduction effect for sinusoidal base excitation with different excitation forces.

STATIONARY DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS OF NEW SQUEEZED FILM DAMPER

Recur to multi-hole and better elastic characteristics of metal rubber （MR）, a new squeezed film damper with MR （SFD/MR） throttle ring installed on the end of MR and MR damping ring installed on the radial direction of MR is implemented. Based on the D＇alembert principle, a locomotion equation and the mathematical model of stationary response of SFD/MR system is put forward. It proves that the SFD/MR has better ability to resist unbalance loads than the traditional SFD after the stationary dynamic characteristics of the traditional SFD and the new SFD/MR are researched.

Numerical investigation on damping coefficient of the integral squeeze film damper

The elimination of rotor vibration is usually achieved by applying additional damping to the system.Squeeze film dampers are widely used in various aerospace and turbine equipments.The research is carried out on flow characteristics in the integral squeeze film dampers(ISFDs).The dynamic response to the operation condition is investigated through the computational fluid dynamics(CFD) model of ISFD.Due to the large pressure loss at the oil inlet,the oil film force only changes slightly with the increase of oil supply pressure,and the damping increases slightly.The vibration amplitude only affects the film force,but has no effect on the damping.The oil film force and damping show an upward tendency with the decrease of thickness of the end seal clearance.

Effect of integral squeeze film damper on vibration and noise of spur gear with center-distance error

When the actual installation center distance between a pair of spur gears is greater than the theoretical center distance,backlash increases,leading to increased vibration and noise.The structural parameters of an integral squeeze film damper(ISFD)were designed with the stiffness of rigid support as reference to investigate the effect of an ISFD on the dynamic characteristics of a spur gear transmission system with center-distance installation error.A spur gear test bench with center distance-error was built to investigate the vibration and noise reduction characteristics of ISFD.The experimental results indicate that,compared with a rigid support,the ISFD can reduce vibration by approximately 40%and noise by approximately 5 d B.ISFD can effectively absorb the impact energy caused by an increase of in backlash,which is conducive to the stable operation of the spur gear transmission system.

Experimental study of suppressing the unbalanced response vibration of rotor system with a G-type integral squeeze film damper

Conventional squeeze film dampers have numerous challenges including lock up,bistable response and incoordinate precession.In order to resolve these nonlinear problems,a novel G-type integral squeeze film damper(GISFD)is proposed in this research.The experimental test rig is provided to investigate the rotor system with an unbalanced single disk.Numerical simulation results show that the structural design of GISFD is reasonable,which can ensure its safe and stable operation.The influence of different support stiffnesses on the first-order speed of the rotor system is analyzed.Experimental results show that GISFD can effectively suppress the unbalanced response vibration of the rotor.In a certain range,it is found that the suppression effect of GISFD increases with the increase in the kinematic viscosity of the damping fluid.When the silicone oil with kinematic viscosity coefficients v=30.0 cm^(2)/s is employed,the vibration reduction of GISFD is approximately 71.51%.Furthermore,the experimental results show that with the increase of the unbalance,there is a linear relationship between the unbalance and the corresponding amplitude of the unbalanced response.It is concluded that GISFD has excellent linear damping characteristics and reduces the sensitivity of the rotor system to the unbalanced mass.

Optimization of a Flexible Rotor-Sliding Bearing System With a Squeeze Film Damper

A dynamic model of a flexible rotor-sliding bearing system ( FRSBS ) with asqueeze film damper ( SFD) is established. Considered in the model are oil film inertia force,damping farce, clearance excitation force, interference force of different frequencies and staticload, as opposed to previous research. On the basis of this model, the optimal design of the systemis deeply studied. Simulation shows that the system optimization design can effectively improve thesystem stability.

Chaotic Response of Cracked Rotor Supported on Squeeze Film Damper and the Routes to Chaos

In this paper, the chaotic response of a rotor system with crack supported on the squeeze film damper (SFD) is studied. Baesd on the short bearing approximation and π film assumption, the film force is expressed as a function of speed and displacement of the bearing in the X and Y directions. The result shows that the film force can suppress the non synchronous response effectively if an SFD is designed well. The increase of the bearing parameter can suppress chaos. When the bearing parameter is s...

Experimental study on integral axial squeeze film damper to suppress longitudinal vibration of propulsion shafting

This paper aims at investigating the effectiveness of squeeze oil film in suppressing the longitudinal vibration of propulsion shaft systems through a novel integral axial squeeze film damper(IASFD).After designing the IASFD,a propulsion shafting test rig for the longitudinal vibration control is built.Longitudinal vibration control experiments of the propulsion shafting are carried out under different magnitude and frequency of the excitation force.The results show that both IASFD elastic support and IASFD elastic damping support have excellent vibration attenuation characteristics,and can effectively suppress the longitudinal vibration of the shaft system in a wide frequency range.However,IASFD elastic damping support has a more significant vibration reduction effect than the other supports,and increasing the damping of the system has obvious effect on reducing the shafting vibration.For an excitation force of 45 N,the maximum reduction of the vibration amplitude is 89.16%.Also,the vibration generated by the resonance phenomenon is also significantly reduced.

Experimental Studies on Support Systems of High Speed Motors With Flexible Squirrel-cage Support and Squeeze Film Dampers

以100kW级工作转速为45000r／min的高速永磁同步电机为实验样机，对采用鼠笼式弹性支撑和挤油膜阻尼器的滚动轴承支撑系统进行研究。分析了弹性支撑和挤压油膜阻尼器的刚度和阻尼特性，在此基础上分别计算出刚性支撑和弹性阻尼支撑时轴承一转子系统的临界转速和瞬态动力特性。最后在样机上进行对比实验，并对电机机壳振动加速度和弹性支撑笼条微应变信号进行分析。结果表明，弹性阻尼支撑可以使转子以较低的转速通过其刚体模态，同时对转子的振动起到良好的抑制作用。实验样机稳定运行在设计工作转速，其分析和实验结果为高速电机轴系设计和动力学分析提供了参考。

Occurrence of bistable state in squeeze film damper rotor system

Presents the study on the law governing the occurrence of bistable state in the squeeze film damper supported rigid rotor system by theoretical calculations,the way q calculating the bistable state characteristics, the analysis of bistable state characteristics using bearing parameter B and mass eccentricity U as basic parameters, and the ranges of B and U values established, and concludes that the occurrence of bistable state can be avoided provided design parameters are properly selected so that the B and U values are not in the ranges established. This makes it convenient to optimize the squeeze film damper design parameters.

A VARIABLE PARAMETER SQUEEZE OIL FILM DAMPER

The effectiveness of variable parameter squeeze oil film damper (VPSFD) in the steady and transient unbalance response control of flexible rotors is examined.First, a preliminary property design of VPSFD is presented on the improved finite length bearing theory.VPSFD is different from the conventional squeeze film damper, and is designed to possess continuous changeable oil film clearance and land length. These parameters can be exactly adjusted on a computer by sending commends to a special control device. Then, a simple rotor system with VPSFD is investigated. The experimental results show that VPSFD can attenuate the rotor system resonance peak due to unbalance.

Nonlinear vibration response characteristics of a dual-rotor-bearing system with squeeze film damper

Rolling bearing and Squeeze Film Damper(SFD)are used in rotor support structures,and most researches on the nonlinear rotor-bearing system are focused on the simple rotor-bearing systems.This work emphasizes the comparative analysis of the influence of SFD on the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the dual-rotor system supported by rolling bearings.Firstly,a reduced dynamic model is established by combining the Finite Element(FE)method and the freeinterface method of component mode synthesis.The proposed model is verified by comparing the natural characteristics obtained from an FE model with those from the experiment.Then,the steady-state vibration responses of the system with or without SFD are solved by the numerical integration method.The influences of the ball bearing clearance,unbalance,centralizing spring stiffness and oil film clearance of SFD on the nonlinear steady-state vibration responses of the dual-rotor system are analyzed.Results show that SFD can effectively suppress the amplitude jump of the dual rotor system sustaining two rotors unbalance excitations.As the ball bearing clearance or unbalance increases,the amplitude jump phenomenon becomes more obvious,the resonance hysteresis phenomenon strengthens or weakens,the resonant peaks shift to the left or the right,respectively.SFD with unreasonable parameters will aggravate the system vibration,the smaller the oil film clearance,the better the damping performance of the SFD,the larger the centralizing spring stiffness is,the larger resonance amplitudes are.

Pressure performance for a thin-walled ring and turbulent-jet orifice modeled elastic squeeze film damper

This paper explores an analytical model for Elastic Ring Squeeze Film Damper(ERSFD) with thin-walled ring and turbulent-jet orifices, and uncovers its Oil Film Pressure Performance(OFPP). Firstly, the ring deformation is addressed by using the Fourier series expansion approach and the orifice outflow rate is characterized with the Prandtl boundary layer theory. Secondly, applying finite difference scheme, the influence of elastic ring flexibility, orifice diameter, and attitude angle on the OFPP is analyzed. Finally, Outer chamber pressure was measured experimentally at different rotor speeds. The results indicate that the outer chamber pressure coats an individual load-carrying region and spreads symmetrically pertaining to the attitude angle. Its amplitude drops as the elastic ring flexibility decreases but boosts with the reduction of the orifice diameter.For inner chamber pressure, the orifice diameter effects a similar trend to the outer cavity, but exhibits more stable distribution regarding the attitude angle. Minimizing the elastic ring flexibility causes an increase in amplitude. The model is validated by the test results giving that the outer chamber pressure shifts synchronously and periodically with the variation of the attitude angle,while the pressure amplitude increases slightly at higher rotor speeds.

SOLUTION FOR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION IN SQUEEZE FILM DAMPER WITH ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTIVE CONTROL

Aiming at the problems existed in the squeeze film damper of the rotating machinery utilizing traditional passive dynamic pressure film bearing, a project of dynamic pressure and static pressure hybrid oil film bearing with piezoelectric crystal electrohydraulic active control supply orifice hole is proposed. For this kind of hybrid film bearing, the π film assumption can not hold true. In order to solve the pressure distribution, a new kind of solving method is proposed.

Bifurcation and chaos of the bladed overhang rotor system with squeeze film dampers

To study the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the bladed overhang rotor system with squeeze film damper (SFD), a blade-overhang rotor-SFD model is formulated using the lumped mass method and the Lagrange approach. The cavitated short bearing model is employed to describe the nonlinear oil force of the SFD. To reduce the scale of the nonlinear coupling system, a set of orthogonal transformations is employed to decouple the one nodal diameter equations of blades, which are coupled with the dy- namical equations of the rotor, with other equations of blades. In this way, the original system with 16+4n (n≥3) degrees of freedom (DoF) is reduced to a system with 24 DoF only. Then the parametric excitation terms in the blade-overhang rotor-SFD model are simplified in terms of periodic transforma- tions. The coupling equations are numerically solved and the solutions are used to analyze the dy- namic behavior of the system in terms of the bifurcation diagram, whirl orbit, Poincaré map and spec- trum plot. A variety of motion types are found such as multi-periodic, quasi-periodic, and chaotic mo- tions. Moreover, the typical nonlinear dynamic evolutions including the periodic-doubling bifurcation and reverse bifurcation are noted. It is noticed that there exist apparent differences in the dynamic behavior between the blade-overhang rotor-SFD models without and with considering the effect of blades.

The Effect of Elastic Deformation in a New Style Elastic Squeeze Oil Film Damper on Its Vibration Absorption Characteristics

Squeeze oil film damper are widely used in small high-speed aeroengine.But they are all made of high-hardness alloy steel. In order to improve their vibration absorption performance a new style of soft metal plated damper has been studied. A coat of soft metal is plated on inner surface of the oil film ring, the surface will be deformed to some extent under the effect of oil film pressure. The characteristics of such dampers are calculated and analysed. Result shows that, compared with common damper, the new style damper can change oil film pressure distribution, enhance oil film damping, decrease stiffness, and reduce the force transfered to casing.

考虑楔形间隙效应的油膜阻尼器支承性质分析

支承部件对高速旋转机械的稳定性有着重要影响。合理设计、优化系统的支承部件是保证、提升稳定性的可靠手段。油膜阻尼器是一类结构简单、功能可靠的旋转机械支承部件,能够有效实现系统刚度系数、阻尼系数等支承参数的设计方案。与常规滑动轴承轴颈的运动形式不同,油膜阻尼器的阻尼体通常绕其支点作“圆锥摆”形式的涡动,即阻尼体径向位移与切向速度沿其轴向呈线性分布,导致阻尼介质在阻尼体与外壳之间形成油膜厚度沿轴向线性分布的楔形间隙,进而造成阻尼器与轴承在油膜力及支承参数性质上的差异。因此,计算、设计油膜阻尼器的支承参数时,考虑楔形间隙效应的影响是必要的。本文首先对描述油膜压强分布的经典Reynolds方程做出了修正,推导了考虑楔形间隙时方程的具体形式。接着,采用基于超松弛迭代法(SOR)的有限差分法(FDM)对修正方程进行了数值求解。通过与ANSYS Fluent计算结果及已有实验结果进行对比,验证了计算结果的合理性。最后,借助数值积分与回归分析的计算工具,求得了阻尼器支承参数的函数表达形式及相应的线性化数值。计算结果表明,分析油膜阻尼器的支承性质时,考虑楔形间隙效应的影响是必要的。通过采用基于修正Reynolds方程的数值计算工具,能够提升计算效率,并为阻尼器性能的分析及优化提供理论参考。

弹性环式挤压油膜阻尼器一体化圆柱滚子轴承保持架振动特性分析

航空发动机主轴中滚动轴承为了降低系统振动经常与弹性环式挤压油膜阻尼器(elastic ring squeeze film damper, ERSFD)联合使用。基于滚动轴承动力学理论和流体力学控制方程,采用变步长积分算法建立圆柱滚子轴承与ERSFD耦合的动力学分析模型,对外圈带ERSFD的圆柱滚子轴承保持架振动特性和打滑率进行研究。研究结果表明:与未装配ERSFD的圆柱滚子轴承相比,ERSFD可以提高圆柱滚子轴承保持架的稳定性。过大或过小的弹性环凸台数量与宽度都不利于圆柱滚子轴承保持架的稳定性,需要选择合适的凸台数量和宽度。径向载荷与转速对带弹性环的圆柱滚子轴承保持架稳定性影响显著,保持架涡动频率的谐波次数随着径向载荷的增加而减少,其对应的幅值也减小;保持架涡动频率的谐波次数随着转速的增加而增加,其对应幅值也增加。