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Pavak Mehta
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Dave Looman
ANSYS, Inc.
Rotor housed
inside compressor
y
Shaf x Shaf
t z
t
Bearings
Bearings
Impeller Impeller
Bearing element
COMBI214
line
Speed (RPM)
Critical Speed
Speed (RPM)
Variable bearing stiffness provides accurate critical speed prediction
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Rotor Critical Mode Animation
Operation Speed
Speed (RPM)
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Rotor Only Orbit at Critical Speed
In-house
Minor axis
Major axis
Horizontal displacement
Compressor
• 3D representation of
bearing support
• Mixed, solid-shell
Rotor element model
• Stationary reference
frame analysis
• 1 MDOF model
Shells
Speed (RPM)
Operation Speed
Test: Solid line
Speed (RPM)
Response shows good qualitative comparison
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Prediction of Dynamic Forces
2 2
Operation Speed
Dynamic Bearing Force (lbs)
2 3
1 3
Speed (RPM)
Dynamic forces will help with reliability design of bearings
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Prediction of Impeller-housing clearance
Clearance
Displacement (mils)
Shaft displacement
Speed (RPM)
Dynamic clearance prediction allows fine tuning of flow paths
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Outline
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