TURBOMACHINE ASSEMBLY HAVING A DAMPER
20220228495 · 2022-07-21
Assignee
Inventors
- Philippe Gérard Edmond JOLY (MOISSY-CRAMAYEL, FR)
- Romain Nicolas LaGarde (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
- Jean-Marc Claude PERROLLAZ (MOISSY-CRAMAYEL, FR)
- Laurent JABLONSKI (MOISSY-CRAMAYEL, FR)
- François Jean Comin (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
- Edouard Antoine Dominique Marie DE JAEGHERE (MOISSY-CRAMAYEL, FR)
- Charles Jean-Pierre Douguet (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Cpc classification
F05D2220/36
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2250/71
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01D25/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2260/96
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2230/60
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01D5/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04D29/668
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05D2240/30
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F01D5/26
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01D5/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
The present invention relates to a turbomachine assembly, comprising: a casing (10), a first rotor (12) which is movable in rotation with respect to the casing (10) about a longitudinal axis (X-X), and comprising: *a disk (120), and *a plurality of blades (122) capable of flapping with respect to the disk (120) during a rotation of the first rotor (12) with respect to the casing (10), a second rotor (140) which is movable in rotation with respect to the casing (10) about the longitudinal axis (X-X), and a damper (2) which is configured to damp a displacement of the first rotor (12) with respect to the second rotor (140) in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (X-X), the displacement being caused by a flapping of at least one blade (122) among the plurality of blades (122), the damper (2) comprising: o a first bearing part (21): *bearing against the first rotor (12), and *being configured to apply a first centrifugal force (C1) to the first rotor (12), o a second bearing part (22): *bearing against the second rotor (140), and *being configured to apply a second centrifugal force (C2) on the second rotor (140), and o a linking part (20): *connecting the first bearing part (21) to the second bearing part (22), and being thinned relative to the first bearing part (21) and the second bearing part (22), and o a flyweight (3) which is fixedly mounted on the damper (2).
Claims
1-17. (canceled)
18. A turbomachine assembly comprising: a casing; a first rotor comprising a disk and a plurality of blades, the first rotor being movable in rotation relative to the casing; a second rotor movable in rotation relative to the casing around a longitudinal axis; a damper configured to damp a movement of the first rotor relative to the second rotor in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the movement being caused by a flapping of at least one of the plurality of blades relative to the disk, the damper comprising: a first part bearing against the first rotor and being configured to apply a first centrifugal force on the first rotor; a second part bearing against the second rotor and being configured to apply a second centrifugal force on the second rotor; and a linking part connecting the first part to the second part, the linking part being thinned relative to the first part and the second part; and a flyweight fixedly mounted on the damper.
19. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the first part has a radially outer surface coming into contact with a radially inner surface of the first rotor.
20. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the second part has a radially outer surface coming into contact with a radially inner surface of the second rotor.
21. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the first part is fixedly mounted on the first rotor.
22. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the second part is fixedly mounted on the second rotor.
23. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the first part bears on the first rotor in a first area extending over a first angular sector around the longitudinal axis, the damper further comprising a third part bearing on the first rotor in a third area different from the first area, the third area extending over a third angular sector around the longitudinal axis, the third angular sector being smaller than the first angular sector.
24. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, further comprising a plate fixedly mounted on the second part and bearing against the second rotor.
25. The turbomachine assembly according to one of claim 18, wherein: the first part has a first surface arranged to apply a first force on the second rotor, the first force having a first longitudinal component in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a first radial component in a second direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the first longitudinal component being greater than the first radial component; the second part has a second surface arranged to apply a second force on the second rotor, the second force having a second longitudinal component in the first direction and a second radial component in the second direction, the second radial component being greater than the second longitudinal component.
26. The turbomachine assembly of claim 25, further comprising: a first plate fixedly mounted on the first part and having the first surface; and a second plate fixedly mounted on the second part and having the second surface.
27. The turbomachine assembly of claim 26, wherein a slot is formed in the first part, the turbomachine assembly further comprises a metal insert inserted into the slot, and the second plate is fixedly mounted on the metal insert.
28. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the flyweight is fixedly mounted on the first part.
29. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the flyweight is fixedly mounted on the second part.
30. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, further comprising: a first flyweight fixedly mounted on the first part; and a second flyweight fixedly mounted on the second part.
31. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of blades comprises: a blade root connecting the blade to the disk; a profiled blading; a stilt connecting the profiled blading to the blade root; and a platform connecting the profiled blading to the stilt and extending transversely to the stilt, the first part bearing on the platform of one of the plurality of blades.
32. The turbomachine assembly of claim 31, wherein the first part bears on the platform of the blade without bearing on a platform of another blade of the plurality of blades.
33. The turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the second rotor comprises a shroud, the shroud comprising a circumferential extension, the second part bearing on the circumferential extension.
34. A turbomachine comprising the turbomachine assembly of claim 18, wherein the first rotor is a fan and the second rotor is a low-pressure compressor.
Description
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0065] Other characteristics, aims and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description, which is purely illustrative and not limiting, and which should be read in relation to the appended drawings in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0078] Turbomachine 1
[0079] Referring to
[0080] Each of the fan 12, of the low-pressure compressor 140, of the high-pressure compressor 142, of the high-pressure turbine 180 and of the low-pressure turbine 182 is movable in rotation relative to the casing 10 around a longitudinal axis X-X.
[0081] In the embodiment illustrated in
[0082] In operation, the fan 12 draws in an air stream 110 which separates between a secondary stream 112 circulating around the casing 10, and a primary stream 111 successively compressed within the low-pressure compressor 140 and the high-pressure compressor 142, ignited within the combustion chamber 16, then successively expanded within the high-pressure turbine 180 and the low-pressure turbine 182.
[0083] The upstream and the downstream are here defined relative to the direction of normal air flow 110, 111, 112 through the turbomachine 1. Likewise, an axial direction corresponds to the direction of the longitudinal axis X-X, a radial direction is a direction which is perpendicular to this longitudinal axis X-X and which passes through said longitudinal axis X-X, and a circumferential or tangential direction corresponds to the direction of a planar and closed curved line, all the points of which are at equal distance from the longitudinal axis X-X. Finally, and unless otherwise specified, the terms “inner (or internal)” and “outer (or external)”, respectively, are used with reference to a radial direction such that the inner (i.e. radially inner) part or face of an element is closer to the longitudinal axis X-X than the outer (i.e. radially outer) part or face of the same element.
[0084] Fan 12 and Low-Pressure Compressor 140
[0085] Referring to
[0086] Referring to
[0087] a blade root 1220 connecting the blade 122 to the disk 120,
[0088] a profiled blading 1222,
[0089] a stilt 1224 connecting the blading 1222 to the blade root 1220, and
[0090] a platform 1226 connecting the blading 1222 to the stilt 1224 and extending transversely to the stilt 1224.
[0091] The blade root 1220 may be integral with the disk 120 when the fan 12 is a one-piece bladed disk. Alternatively, as seen in
[0092] As seen in
[0093] Each of the blades 122 of the plurality of fan 12 blades 122 is capable of flapping, by vibrating relative to the disk 120 during a rotation of the fan 12 relative to the casing 10. More specifically, during the coupling between the air 110 circulating within the fan 12 and the profiled bladings 1222, the blades 122 are the site of aeroelastic floating phenomena on different vibratory modes, and whose amplitude may be such that it exceeds the endurance limits of the materials constituting the fan 12. These vibratory modes are furthermore coupled to the opposite compressive forces upstream of the turbomachine 1, and to the expansion forces downstream of it.
[0094] A first vibratory mode characterizes a synchronous response of the blades 122 to the aerodynamic loads, in which the inter-blade phase-shift is non-zero.
[0095] A second vibratory mode characterizes an asynchronous response of the blades 122 to the aerodynamic loads, in which the inter-blade phase-shift is zero. The amplitude of the flapping of the second vibratory mode is moreover as large as the fan 12 blades 122 are large.
[0096] Furthermore, this second vibratory mode is coupled between the blades 122, the disk 120 and the fan shaft 13. The frequency of the second vibratory mode is in addition one and a half times greater than that of the first vibratory mode. Finally, the second vibratory mode has a nodal deformation at mid-height of the fan 12 blades 122.
[0097] In vibratory modes, including the second vibratory mode, the flapping of the blades 122 involves a non-zero moment on the low-pressure shaft 13. In particular, these vibratory modes cause intense torsional forces within the low-pressure shaft 13.
[0098] The vibrations induced by the flapping of the blades 122 of the fan 12, but also by the flapping of the blades 1400 of the low-pressure compressor 140, lead to significant relative tangential movements between the fan 12 and the low-pressure compressor 140. Indeed, the length of the blades 122 of the fan 12 is greater than the length of the blades 1400 of the low-pressure compressor 140. Consequently, the tangential bending moment caused by the flapping of a blade 122 of the fan 12 is greater than the tangential bending moment caused by flapping of a blade 1400 of the low-pressure compressor 140. The blading of the blades 122 of the fan 12 and of the blades 1400 of the low-pressure compressor then have very different behaviors. Furthermore, the mounting stiffness within the fan 12 is different from the mounting stiffness within the low-pressure compressor 140.
[0099] As seen more specifically in
[0100] Damper 2
[0101] A damper 2 is used to damp these vibrations of the fan 12 and/or of the low-pressure compressor 140.
[0102] The damper 2 is in particular configured to damp a movement of the fan 12 relative to the low-pressure compressor 140, in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X, the movement being caused by a flapping of at least one blade 122 among the plurality of blades122 of the fan 12. Indeed, it is by damping such a movement that it is possible to influence the second vibratory mode. Actually, unlike the first vibratory mode, the second vibratory mode is characterized by a zero inter-blade phase-shift. Consequently, placing a damper between two successive fan blades 122, as has already been proposed in the prior art, has no effect on the second vibratory mode. The damper 2 here influences the second vibratory mode because it acts on an effect of the second vibratory mode: the movement of the fan 12 with respect to the low-pressure compressor 140, in the plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X, as visible in
[0103] Referring to
[0104] a first bearing part 21:
[0105] bearing on the fan 12, and
[0106] being configured to apply a first centrifugal force Cl on the fan 12,
[0107] a second bearing part 22:
[0108] bearing on the low-pressure compressor 140, and
[0109] being configured to apply a second centrifugal force C2 on the low-pressure compressor 140, and
[0110] a linking part 20:
[0111] connecting the first bearing part 21 to the second bearing part 22, and
[0112] being thinned with respect to the first bearing part 21 and to the second bearing part 22.
[0113] More specifically, as illustrated in
[0114] Thus, the first bearing part 21 and the second bearing part 22 are massive. Consequently, in operation, each of the first bearing part 21 and the second bearing part 22 exerts a respective centrifugal force C1, C2 on the fan 12 and the low-pressure compressor 140, on which bear said bearing parts 21, 22. To apply the first centrifugal force C1, the first bearing part 21 has a radially outer surface contacting a radially inner surface of the fan 12, typically a radially inner surface of the platform 1226. To apply the second centrifugal force C2, the second bearing part 22 has a radially outer surface, contacting a radially inner surface of the low-pressure compressor 140, typically a radially inner surface of the circumferential extension 1404, for example a radially inner surface of the sealing wipers 1406. In this way, the bearing parts 21, 22 are each dynamically coupled respectively to a fan 12 and to the low-pressure compressor 140 on which each bears, so as to undergo the same vibrations as each of the fan 12 and the low-pressure compressor 140. Furthermore, the bearing parts 21, 22 are stiffer than the linking part 20, in particular in a tangential direction. Advantageously, as for example visible in
[0115] The thinner linking part 20 is more flexible, in particular in a tangential direction. Therefore, it allows the fan 12 to transmit the vibrations to which it is subject to the low-pressure compressor 140 and, conversely, it allows the low-pressure compressor 140 to transmit the vibrations to which it is subject to the fan 12. Indeed, for high vibration frequencies, damping is provided in particular by the shear operation of the linking part 20, that is to say by viscoelastic dissipation. For low vibration frequencies, damping is in particular ensured by friction of either one of the first bearing part 21 or of the second bearing part 22 respectively against the fan 12 or against the low-pressure compressor 140.
[0116] Advantageously, as can be seen in
[0117] All or part of the blades 122 of the fan 12 may moreover be equipped with such a damper 2, depending on the desired damping, but also the mounting and/or maintenance characteristics.
[0118] In one embodiment, the first bearing part 21 is fixedly mounted on the fan 12, for example by gluing. This facilitates the integration of the damper 2 within the turbomachine 1, and guarantees the bearing of the first bearing part 21 on the fan 12. Alternatively, as for example illustrated in
[0119] In one embodiment, the damper 2 comprises a material from the range having the trade name “SMACTANE® ST” and/or “SMACTANE® SP”, for example a material of the type “SMACTANE® ST 70” and/or “SMACTANE® SP 50”. It has indeed been observed that such materials have suitable damping properties.
[0120] Referring to
[0121] Advantageously, as illustrated in
[0122] With reference to
[0123] Advantageously, the sacrificial plate 220 may also comprise an additional coating, configured to reduce the friction and/or wear of the low-pressure compressor 140. This additional coating is fixedly mounted on the sacrificial plate 220, for example by gluing. The additional coating is of the dissipative and/or viscoelastic and/or damping type. It may indeed comprise a material from the range having the trade name “SMACTANE® ST” and/or “SMACTANE® SP”, for example a material of the type “SMACTANE® ST 70” and/or “SMACTANE® SP 50”.
[0124] It may also comprise a material chosen from those having mechanical properties similar to those of Vespel, Teflon or any other material with lubricating properties. More generally, the additional coating material advantageously has a coefficient of friction between 0.3 and 0.07.
[0125] The sacrificial plate 220 is optionally combined by juxtaposition with its additional coating. Indeed, it allows to increase the friction, in particular tangential friction, of the damper 2 when, in operation, the sacrificial plate 220 is sufficiently constrained by the second centrifugal force C2 so that the movement of the fan 12 with respect to the low-pressure compressor 140, in the plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X, is damped by energy dissipation by means of a viscoelastic shear of the sacrificial plate 220.
[0126] Referring to
[0127] the first bearing part 21 has a first bearing surface 2100 arranged to apply a first force F1 on the low-pressure compressor 140, the first force F1 having a first longitudinal component F1L in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis X-X, and a first radial component F1R in a second direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X, the first longitudinal component F1L being greater than the first radial component F1R,
[0128] the second bearing part 22 has a second bearing surface 2220 arranged to apply a second force F2 on the low-pressure compressor 140, the second force F2 having a second longitudinal component F2L in the first direction, and a second radial component F2R in the second direction, the second radial component F2R being greater than the second longitudinal component F2L.
[0129] In other words, the first bearing surface 2100 ensures the axially positioned bearing of the damper 2 since it is a downstream axial surface of the damper 2 coming into contact with an upstream axial surface of the low-pressure compressor 140. Furthermore, the second bearing surface 2220 ensures the radially positioned bearing of the damper 2 since it is a radially outer surface of the damper 2 coming into contact with a radially inner surface of the low-pressure compressor 140. In addition, in operation, the second bearing surface 2220 participates in the application of the second centrifugal force C2 on the low-pressure compressor 140.
[0130] Referring to
[0131] a first sacrificial plate 210 is fixedly mounted on the first bearing part 21, for example by gluing, and has the first bearing surface 2100, and
[0132] a second sacrificial plate 222 is fixedly mounted on the second bearing part 22, for example by gluing, and has the second bearing surface 2220.
[0133] The first sacrificial plate 210 and the second sacrificial plate 222 advantageously have the same characteristics as those described with reference to the sacrificial plate 220 of the embodiment illustrated in
[0134] Still with reference to
[0135] With reference to
[0136] Referring to
[0137] Advantageously, as can be seen in
[0138] In another advantageous variant, with reference to
[0139] a first flyweight 31 is fixedly mounted on the first bearing part 21, for example by gluing, and
[0140] a second flyweight 32 is fixedly mounted on the second bearing part 22, for example by gluing.
[0141] In this way, it is possible to independently adjust the first centrifugal force C1 and the second centrifugal force C2. This improves the damping of vibrations by targeting the vibration modes specific to the fan 12 and specific to the low-pressure compressor 140.
[0142] In all that has been described above, the damper 2 is configured to damp a movement of the fan 12 relative to the low-pressure compressor 140, in the plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X.
[0143] This is however not limiting, since the damper 2 is also configured to damp a movement of any first rotor 12 relative to any second rotor 140, in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X, as long as the first rotor 12 is movable in rotation relative to the casing 10 around the longitudinal axis X-X and comprises a disk 120 as well as a plurality of blades 122 capable of flapping by vibrating relative to the disk 120 during a rotation of the first rotor 12 relative to the casing 10, and as the second rotor 140 is also movable in rotation relative to the casing 10 around the longitudinal axis X-X.
[0144] Thus, the first rotor 12 may be a first stage of the high-pressure compressor 142 or of the low-pressure compressor 140, and the second rotor 140 may be a second stage of said compressor 140, 142, successive to the first stage of compressor 140, 142, upstream or downstream thereof. Alternatively, the first rotor 12 may be a first stage of a high-pressure turbine 180 or of low-pressure turbine 182, and the second rotor 140 may be a second stage of said turbine 180, 182, successive to the first stage of turbine 180, 182, upstream or downstream thereof.
[0145] In any event, the damper 2 has a small space requirement. Consequently, it can be easily integrated into the existing turbomachines.
[0146] In addition, by being configured to exert centrifugal forces C1, C2 on the first rotor 12 and on the second rotor 140, the damper 2 ensures significant tangential stiffness between the first rotor 12 and the second rotor 140. It thus differs from an excessively flexible damper which would only deform during a movement of the first rotor 12 relative to the second rotor 140, in the plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis X-X. On the contrary, the damper 2 dissipates such a movement:
[0147] either by friction and/or oscillations between a state where the damper 2 is bonded on the rotors 12, 140 and a state where the damper 2 slides on the rotors 12, 140, which allows damping in particular the low frequencies,
[0148] or by viscoelastic shear within the damper 2, which allows damping in particular the high frequencies.
[0149] However, the damper 2 remains flexible enough to maximize the contact surfaces between said damper 2 and the rotors 12, 140 on which it bears. To do so, the damper 2 has a tangential rigidity greater than an axial rigidity and a radial rigidity.
[0150] The contact forces between the damper 2 and the rotors 12, 140 can in particular be adjusted by means of flyweights 3 and/or sacrificial plates 220, 221, 222 and/or additional coatings on said sacrificial plates 220, 221, 222. At low frequencies, it is indeed necessary to ensure that the centrifugal forces C1, C2 exerted by the damper 2 on the rotors 12, 140 are not too large, in order to guarantee that the damper 2 can oscillate between a bonded state and a slippery state on the rotors 12, 140, and thus damp by friction. At high frequencies, on the other hand, it is necessary to ensure that the centrifugal forces C1, C2 exerted by the damper 2 on the rotors 12, 140 are sufficiently large for the pre-stress of the damper 2 on the rotors 12, 140 to be sufficient, in order to ensure that the damper 2 can be the viscoelastic shear seat.
[0151] The wear of the rotors 12, 140 is in particular limited by the treatment of the surfaces of the damper 2 bearing on the rotors 12, 140, for example to equip them with a coating with a low coefficient of friction.