Dynamic analysis of finger seal in the complex working state

Abstract

With the development of aero-engine industry technology, the operating conditions for finger seal become more horrible, including that high temperature, assembly type of finger seal, rotor tilt, and impact of rotor coexist. Unfortunately, the coupled effect on the dynamic performance of finger seal is not studied in previous works for the dynamic of finger seal. In this paper, the parameters of equivalent dynamic model for finger seal, including the equivalent structure stiffness of finger stick, the contact stiffness between finger stick and rotor, the friction heat between finger boot and rotor and the rotor displacement excitation, are corrected when the coupled effect of rotor tilt, assembly condition, temperature, and impact are considered. In addition, the distributed mass equivalent dynamic model is developed for considering the complex working conditions (including rotor tilt, assembly condition, temperature effect, and impact effect). Based on this model, the dynamic performance of finger seal in the complex working state is analyzed, and the influence of the complex working state on the dynamic performance is also studied. The results indicate that effect of the complex working state on the leakage performance and wear performance of finger seal is complex. The work in this paper demonstrates the necessity of considering the complex working conditions in the analysis of the dynamic performance of finger seal.

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Aero-engine finger seal C/C composite complex working state dynamic performance

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