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Modern rotor balancing - Emerging technologiesModern balancing methods for flexible and rigid rotors are explored. Rigid rotor balancing is performed at several hundred rpm, well below the first bending mode of the shaft. High speed balancing is necessary when the nominal rotational speed is higher than the first bending mode. Both methods introduce weights which will produce rotor responses at given speeds that will be exactly out of phase with the responses of an unbalanced rotor. Modal balancing seeks to add weights which will leave other rotor modes unaffected. Also, influence coefficients can be determined by trial and error addition of weights and recording of their effects on vibration at speeds of interest. The latter method is useful for balancing rotors at other than critical speeds and for performing unified balancing beginning with the first critical speed. Finally, low-speed flexible balancing permits low-speed tests and adjustments of rotor assemblies which will not be accessible when operating in their high-speed functional configuration. The method was developed for the high pressure liquid oxygen turbopumps for the Shuttle.
Document ID
19860034161
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Zorzi, E. S.
(Mechanical Technology Inc. Latham, NY, United States)
Von Pragenau, G. L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Mechanical Engineering
Volume: 107
ISSN: 0025-6501
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Accession Number
86A18899
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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