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Studies on determination of natural frequencies of industrial turbine blades
Mahesh M. Bhat, Viswanatha Ramamurti,
Published in
1995
Volume: 84
   
Issue: 3 Pt B/2
Pages: 1181 - 1192
Abstract
Steam turbine blade is a very complex structure. It has geometric complexities like variation of twist, taper, width and thickness along its length. Most of the time these variations are not uniform. Apart from these geometric complexities, the blades are coupled by means of lacing wire, lacing rod or shroud. Blades are attached to a flexible disc which contributes to the dynamic behavior of the blade. Root fixity also plays an important role in this behavior. There is a considerable variation in the frequencies of blades of newly assembled turbine and frequencies after some hours of running. Again because of manufacturing tolerances there can be some variation in the blade to blade frequencies. Determination of natural frequencies of the blade is therefore a very critical job. Problems associated with typical industrial turbine bladed discs of a 235 MW steam turbine are highlighted in this paper.
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JournalAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design Engineering Division (Publication) DE
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Concepts (14)
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    Natural frequencies
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    Rotating disks
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    Rotation
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    Speed
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    Steam turbines
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    Stiffness matrix
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    Strain
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    Vectors
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    INDUSTRIAL TURBINE BLADES
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    LACING ARRANGEMENT
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    ROOT FIXITY
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    Rotational speed
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    STEAM TURBINE BLADES
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