Tilting Pad Journal Bearings (TPJB) are commonly used in high-speed and high-power turbomachines,... more Tilting Pad Journal Bearings (TPJB) are commonly used in high-speed and high-power turbomachines, due to their contributions in avoiding rotor instabilities. Studies related to the estimation of dynamic coefficients have been carried out considering nominal values of the geometric parameters (clearance and preload) for all bearing pads. However, the unavoidable uncertainties on these geometric parameters and, therefore their possible influence on the TPJB rotordynamic coefficients do not seem to have been discussed enough. In a previous work, a numerical study was conducted to examine the influence of preload and bearing clearance variations on a five-pad TPJB rotordynamic coefficient. The current work is an extension of that paper, considering at this time the Design of Experiments framework. By means of a 2k factorial design and ANOVA random effect model, uncertainties on bearing clearance and pad preload values are introduced in a standard numerical model (i.e. finite element mod...
A Neural Network-Based Closed Loop Identification of a Magnetic Bearings System. [ASME Conference... more A Neural Network-Based Closed Loop Identification of a Magnetic Bearings System. [ASME Conference Proceedings 2004, 593 (2004)]. José Medina, Mónica Parada, Victor Guzmán, Luis Medina, Sergio Díaz. Abstract. This paper ...
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2008
The study of dynamic whirl behavior of air bearings is fundamental for an adequate rotordynamic a... more The study of dynamic whirl behavior of air bearings is fundamental for an adequate rotordynamic analysis and future validation of numerical predictions. This work shows the dynamic response of the air film on a three-lobe bearing under asynchronous whirl motion. One-dimensional multifrequency orbits are used to characterize the bearing rotordynamic coefficients. The test rig uses two magnetic bearing actuators to impose any given orbits to the journal. The dynamic forces are measured on the test bearing housing by three load cells. Journal whirling excitation is independent of the rotating speed, thus allowing asynchronous excitations. The multifrequency excitation is applied at each rotating speed up to 11,000rpm, allowing the asynchronous characterization of the air film. The experimental procedure requires two linearly independent excitation sets. Thus, vertical and horizontal one-dimensional multifrequency orbits are applied as perturbations. Results show the synchronous and asy...
Tilting Pad Journal Bearings (TPJB) are commonly used in high-speed and high-power turbomachines,... more Tilting Pad Journal Bearings (TPJB) are commonly used in high-speed and high-power turbomachines, due to their contributions in avoiding rotor instabilities. Studies related to the estimation of dynamic coefficients have been carried out considering nominal values of the geometric parameters (clearance and preload) for all bearing pads. However, the unavoidable uncertainties on these geometric parameters and, therefore their possible influence on the TPJB rotordynamic coefficients do not seem to have been discussed enough. In a previous work, a numerical study was conducted to examine the influence of preload and bearing clearance variations on a five-pad TPJB rotordynamic coefficient. The current work is an extension of that paper, considering at this time the Design of Experiments framework. By means of a 2k factorial design and ANOVA random effect model, uncertainties on bearing clearance and pad preload values are introduced in a standard numerical model (i.e. finite element mod...
A Neural Network-Based Closed Loop Identification of a Magnetic Bearings System. [ASME Conference... more A Neural Network-Based Closed Loop Identification of a Magnetic Bearings System. [ASME Conference Proceedings 2004, 593 (2004)]. José Medina, Mónica Parada, Victor Guzmán, Luis Medina, Sergio Díaz. Abstract. This paper ...
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2008
The study of dynamic whirl behavior of air bearings is fundamental for an adequate rotordynamic a... more The study of dynamic whirl behavior of air bearings is fundamental for an adequate rotordynamic analysis and future validation of numerical predictions. This work shows the dynamic response of the air film on a three-lobe bearing under asynchronous whirl motion. One-dimensional multifrequency orbits are used to characterize the bearing rotordynamic coefficients. The test rig uses two magnetic bearing actuators to impose any given orbits to the journal. The dynamic forces are measured on the test bearing housing by three load cells. Journal whirling excitation is independent of the rotating speed, thus allowing asynchronous excitations. The multifrequency excitation is applied at each rotating speed up to 11,000rpm, allowing the asynchronous characterization of the air film. The experimental procedure requires two linearly independent excitation sets. Thus, vertical and horizontal one-dimensional multifrequency orbits are applied as perturbations. Results show the synchronous and asy...
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