Experimental Study of the Vibration of Blades Induced by Flow and Sound in a Plane Cascade under Low Wind Speed
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 37, Issue 4
Abstract
Vibration causes compressor rotor blade failure that affects aeroengine safety. Therefore, a plane cascade model of rotor blades was developed to capture the vibration phenomenon. The blade vibration, vortex shedding, and aerodynamic noise were measured. The results indicate that flow and noise induce a natural vibration mode, resulting in torsional vibration fatigue damage. The frequency of trailing edge vortex shedding is consistent with the frequency of tip clearance leakage vortex pulsation and is close to the second-order modal frequency of the blade, which induces torsional vibrations. The triple frequency of the background noise peak frequency in the wind tunnel is consistent with the first standing wave acoustic resonance modal frequency of the cascade experimental section duct and is close to the third-order natural modal frequency of the blade, which induces bending and torsional vibrations. This research provides guidance for the study of rotor blade multifield coupling-induced vibration.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published paper.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their critical and constructive review of this manuscript. This study was cosupported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 20720210050), the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51707169), the Project on the Integration of Industry, Education and Research of Aero Engine Corporation of China (No. HFZL2018CXY009), and the Open Fund of Rotor Aerodynamics Key Laboratory, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center (RAL202103-1).
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Volume 37 • Issue 4 • July 2024
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Received: Aug 31, 2023
Accepted: Jan 10, 2024
Published online: Mar 28, 2024
Published in print: Jul 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Aug 28, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aerospace engineering
- Aircraft and spacecraft
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Frequency response
- Hydrologic engineering
- Motion (dynamics)
- Natural frequency
- Noise pollution
- Oscillations
- Pollution
- Solid mechanics
- Structural engineering
- Vibration
- Vortex shedding
- Vortices
- Water and water resources
- Wind engineering
- Wind tunnel
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