Effect of Blade Material of Steam Turbine Rotor on Aeroelastic Characteristics

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/pmach2024.03.006
Journal Journal of Mechanical Engineering – Problemy Mashynobuduvannia
Publisher Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems
of National Academy of Science of Ukraine
ISSN  2709-2984 (Print), 2709-2992 (Online)
Issue Vol. 27, no. 3, 2024 (September)
Pages 6-15
Cited by J. of Mech. Eng., 2024, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 6-15

 

Authors

Yurii A. Bykov, Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine (2/10, Komunalnykiv str., Kharkiv, 61046, Ukraine), e-mail: bykow@ipmach.kharkov.ua, ORCID: 0000-0001-7089-8993

Liubov V. Kolodiazhna, Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine (2/10, Komunalnykiv str., Kharkiv, 61046, Ukraine), e-mail: gnesin@ukr.net, ORCID: 0000-0001-5469-4325

 

Abstract

Elements of powerful steam turbines are subjected to significant unsteady loads, in particular the rotor blades of the last stages. These loads, in some cases, can cause self-excited oscillations, which are extremely dangerous and have a negative impact on the efficiency and service life of the blade cascade. Therefore, when designing new or modernizing existing steam turbine stages, it is recommended to study the aeroelastic characteristics of the blades. The conditions for the occurrence of self-excited oscillations are influenced by both the geometric characteristics and the alloy from which the blade is made. To determine the effect of the blade material on the aeroelastic behaviour, a numerical analysis of the aeroelastic characteristics of the last stage blades made of steel and titanium alloy was performed. For the analysis, the method of simultaneous modeling of unsteady gas flow through the blade cascades and elastic vibrations of the blades (coupled problem) was used, which allows obtaining the amplitude-frequency spectrum of the interaction of unsteady loads and blade vibrations. The paper presents the results of numerical analysis for harmonic oscillations with a given amplitude and a given inter-blade phase angle, as well as for the regime of coupled vibration of blades under the action of unsteady aerodynamic forces. The dependences of the aerodamping coefficient on the inter-blade phase angle and the distribution of the coefficient along the blade are presented. The results of modeling the coupled vibration of the blades for the first six natural forms are presented in the form of a time-evolving displacement of the blade peripheral section, as well as forces and moments acting on the peripheral section. The corresponding amplitude-frequency spectra of displacements and loads in the peripheral section are also presented. The analysis of the results showed an insignificant difference in the characteristics of the proposed blade materials. For the first natural form of blade oscillations, the possibility of self-excited oscillations was found, and for the second form, there are conditions for the appearance of stable self-oscillations.

 

Keywords: aeroelasticity, flutter, steam turbine, modal method, CFD, fluid-structure interaction.

 

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Received 16 July 2024

Published 30 September 2024