|
|
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Flow Field in Five Blade Linear Cascade in Subsonic Flow
Šnábl, Pavel ; Chindada, Sony ; Bublík, O. ; Procházka, Pavel P. ; Prasad, Chandra Shekhar
In large steam turbines, last stage blades are very long and must be designed very thin and with no shroud to minimize the centrifugal force which leads to low eigenfrequencies and low structural damping. In this case, aero-elastic damping plays important role on last stage bladed disc’s dynamics. Three major aero-elastic issues found in turbomachinery are forced response, non-synchronous vibrations, and flutter. Flutter is an unstable, self-excited vibration resulting from coupling between the structural vibrations and unsteady aerodynamic forces. It is clear that this unstable behaviour must be avoided and predictions of flutter behaviour need to be performed during design stage of the turbine.\n
|
|
|
Assessment of post-processing capabilities in selected software for topology optimization
Ježek, Ondřej ; Kopačka, Ján ; Gabriel, Dušan
Topology optimization (TO) has come to the fore in recent years, especially with the development of 3D printing. Finite element systems often include TO functionality based on either\ndensity-based or level set methods. In the case of the first-mentioned method, the results of TO are further processed into geometry suitable for additive manufacturing. However, current\nprograms only include basic post-processing capabilities with minimal customization options. This paper will first briefly summarize the theoretical background of TO and post-processing\nmethods. Next, selected commercial TO programs will be compared from the perspective of shape post-processing. The final part will be devoted to applying the level set method for shape\npost-processing of a topologically optimized industrial robot gripper.
|
|
|
Use of advanced kinematic hardening rules for prediction of multiaxial ratcheting
Klepač, Vilém ; Parma, Slavomír ; Feigenbaum, H. P. ; Marek, René ; Plešek, Jiří ; Svárovský, Jiří
The cumulation of plastic deformation due to cyclic loading, so called ratcheting, is considered as critical process for purpose of simulation. For this reason, many of advanced models of plasticity have been developed to capture the evolution of material during the load reversals. Historically, these models are based on concept of multicomponent back-stress, that provides the prediction of phenomenon of kinematic hardening (KH) [Chaboche 1979]. The key for accurate prediction is, besides well designed model, identification of model parameters. To present results on prediction of multiaxial ratcheting by FEA, the multicomponent Armstrong-Frederick with a threshold with r Modification was implemented via the UMAT interface of Abaqus Standart. Model parameters were identified on experimental data presented in [Hassan, Kyriakides 1992] and [Hassan et. al. 1992]. To prove the performance of the model subroutine, other numerical examples will be presented and their computational costs will be discussed.
|
|
|
Development of autonomous experimental setup to investigate directional distortional hardening under biaxial loading
Svárovský, Jiří ; Parma, Slavomír ; Štefan, Jan ; Ciocanel, C. ; Feigenbaum, H. P. ; Klepač, Vilém ; Marek, René ; Plešek, Jiří
Plastic deformations alter the shape of the yield surface in the stress space. Models for predicting the shape of the yield surface according to the direction of loading are being developed. Experimental data are the key factor in development and validation of phenomenological models, such as the model of directional distortional hardening cited in this study. The objective of this paper is to present the experimental setup for investigation of the directional distortional hardening. A new autonomous method was developed using an axial-torsional testing machine and the Labivew 2017 graphical programming environment to monitor the yield surface in axial stress – shear stress space. A suitable yield condition in form of effective plastic strain was used for the determination of the yield points. Initial yield surface obtained by this method shows promising agreement with von Mises model of the yield surface. Several outstanding yield points were measured which disrupt the assumption of the yield surface convexity. Therefore, possible shortcomings caused by the methodology are being investigated.
|
|
|
Modelling approaches to the stress wave propagation in a cracked specimen
Kruisová, Alena ; Kopačka, Ján ; Kober, Jan
One of the essential tasks of non-destructive testing is to detect a crack in a specimen. It is well known that a component with a crack exposed to a harmonic excitation of a given frequency\nhas a nonlinear response as a function of the excitation amplitude. The focus of this paper is the numerical modelling of this phenomenon using the finite element method with the consideration\nof the contact constraint at the crack interface. In addition to the nonlinear transient dynamic problem solved by explicit time integration, a more efficient procedure based on the harmonic\nbalance method is developed. The results of numerical simulations are also compared with experimentally obtained data.
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Aerodynamic wind tunnel testing of U-beams
Hračov, Stanislav ; Macháček, Michael
The paper presents the outcomes from the experimental testing of the set of slender U-beams in the climatic wind tunnel. All analysed beams have identical basic geometry with the U-shaped cross section given by the side ratio equal to 2 (having the short side perpendicular to the flow), but they differ in the porosity of their flanges and in the depth of their profile. Two depths of the U-profile combined with six different levels of flange porosity are analysed. The U-beams were tested in the smooth flow in order to determine their aerodynamic coefficients for various angles of wind attack. The influences of the depth and porosity onto these coefficients are studied in detail. Moreover, the susceptibility of each individual case to transversal galloping is assessed based on the classical quasi-steady theory. The comparison with the results from the aerodynamic tests of the prisms with rectangular cross-sections having side rations equal to two, four and six is also given and discussed.
|
|
|
Solving the moving mass problem on large finite element models with modal analysis – estimation of the discrete movement error
Bayer, Jan
Solving transient dynamic problems on large finite element (FE) models using a direct integration requires a high sampling rate and therefore also considerable computing times because of the large system matrices. Movement of a mass on a FE model has to follow the discrete pattern of the FEs, and is therefore of a discrete character. This introduces an unknown\nerror into the analytical results. Applying modal analysis (MA) reduces the number of equations used in the subsequent numerical integration by orders of magnitude. Resampling of the mode shapes to the required sampling rate makes it possible to solve the moving mass problem much more quickly and quasi-continuously. The performed comparative analytical study using ANSYS and MATLAB showed that using a discrete movement on the FE mesh when solving a moving mass problem can cause a considerable error.
|
|
|
Numerical study of the air flow around the U-profile
Ledvinková, Blanka ; Hračov, Stanislav ; Macháček, Michael
Our contribution deals with the numerical simulations of the air flow around u-profiles at various angles of attack with the aim to investigate their proneness to galloping. The Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier- Stokes (RANS) simulations were performed in the COMSOL Multiphysics software, k-ω SST turbulence model was used. The values of the aerodynamic coefficients and Strouhal number were evaluated and the results were compared with the results obtained experimentally in the wind tunnel.
|
host ::
RSS.