Study on the collision dynamics of integral shroud blade for high-pressure turbine in different integral shroud clearance distance

Abstract

In steam turbine, turbine blades are prone to vibrate during operation, resulting in steam turbine accidents. The most common method for reducing the vibration of steam turbine blades is to design an integral shroud for blade which is termed as integral shroud blade. Most previous studies simplified straight integral blades into cantilever beam and used harmonic response analysis method to simulate the vibration response of blades. This method is suitable for simulating straight blade vibration under harmonic force conditions. For twisted blades, accurate results are hard to acquire and the specific collision process cannot be simulated. In order to observe the collision process on a microscopic scale and explore its collision damping mechanism, this study evaluated the collision process of twisted blades with different integral shroud clearance distance based on LS-DYNA software. The collision process for a two-blade system and a three-blade system with integral shroud clearance distance from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm has been simulated. The results indicated that integral shroud clearance distance have opposite vibration damping effect when the blade under the condition of forced vibration and free vibration. For the two-blade system, the optimal integral shroud clearance distance is 0.4 mm for forced vibration condition and 0.1 mm for free vibration condition. For the three-blade system, the optimal integral shroud clearance distance is 0.1 mm for forced vibration condition and 0.5 mm for free vibration condition.

Keywords

Integral shroud blade;integral shroud clearance;vibration response;damping effect;shroud collision

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