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Rotor blade vibration in turbomachinery has been a major cause of failure due to HCF, often resulting in catastrophic damage. The primary aeromechanical design concerns are blade flutter and forced vibration that need to be quantified. The severity of blade vibratory response is almost impossible to predict using theoretical tools as it depends on the strength of excitation. Hence in order to evaluate the HCF characteristics of rotating blades, aero industry depends on measurements for actual vibratory response during engine tests. Various methods are used for measurement of rotor blade vibration. Conventionally strain gauges are extensively used for characterizing vibratory signatures of rotating blades. However, the strain gauges have their own limitations posed by operating temperatures and high-end technology is required to transmit signal from rotating components. Hence only a few blades in a rotor can be instrumented resulting in limited data capture. This paper presents a non-contact type of measurement technique using blade tip timing to capture vibratory signatures of all the blades of the rotor stage. This method is used to characterize monitor rotor blade vibrations of Low-Pressure Compressor and Low-Pressure Turbine of a developmental gas turbine engine. It has provided valuable data with respect to incipient damages, preventing catastrophic failure.
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Devi Priya, T., Sunil Kumar, Devendra Pratap, Shylaja, S., Satish, T.N., Vishwanatha Rao, A.N. (2021). Rotor Blade Vibration Measurement on Aero Gas Turbine Engines. In: Mistry, C., Kumar, S., Raghunandan, B., Sivaramakrishna, G. (eds) Proceedings of the National Aerospace Propulsion Conference . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5039-3_15
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