Workshop 2B Critical Speed Map

(Campbell Diagram Log Dec, Orbit Plots, Critical Speed Map)

http://www.cadfamily.com/download-pdf/ANSYS_Rotordynamics/WS_2B_CriticalSpeedMap.pdf

14.5 Release

Introduction to ANSYS
Rotordynamics
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 Goals
This workshop will demonstrate :
1. Bearing modeling using ASCII file generated from ROMAC* code.
2. Campbell Diagram Log Dec
3. Orbit Plots
4. Critical speed map

Problem Statement :
The model consists of three disks mounted on two bearings at the ends
Our goal is to import the bearing data from an external file using ANSYS
macro, plot the campbell diagram, critical speed map, orbit plots, logarithmic
decrement & stability for the analysis

*The Rotating Machinery and Controls (ROMAC) Industrial Program supports cooperative research efforts
conducted by faculty, staff, and students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the
Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Virginia.

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 Project Schematic
Open the Project page.
From the Units menu verify:
Project units are set to US Customary (kg, m, s, C, A, N, V).
Display Values in Project Units is checked (on).

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 Preprocessing
Retrieve the archive WS3_Three_mass_disk.wbpz in the Workshop folder

a.

b.
Open Project
Save the Project

c.
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 Geometry

Multibody part
made up of
Line bodies

b.

Double click on Setup Disk

a.
to open Mechanical modeled
as point
masses

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 Geometry
The three mass disk example is composed of one shaft divided into nodes and elements
(Stations and sections)
Figure 1 illustrates the finite element model of the system
The model consists of 24 beam elements with 25 nodes
Each node has 4 degrees of freedom in order to conduct a lateral rotordynamic analysis.
The four degrees of freedom are:
A. Displacements in the horizontal and vertical directions
B. Rotational (bending) displacements in the horizontal and vertical directions

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 Connections and Mesh

b.
a. Two Longitudinal springs are defined Mesh is refined adjacent to the
in Connections to model Bearings. springs
Note : The properties of these springs
will be modified later through
Command Objects

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 Named Selection

Named Selection is defined for the

vertices at the bearings and the disk
locations

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 Analysis Settings

Set number of modes to find to 8

Set Solver to Full Damped

Activate Coriolis effect and set

Campbell Diagram to on
Set number of points (rotational
speeds) to 8.

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 Boundary Conditions

b.

a. Apply Rotational Velocity

Select the Axis of Rotation by d.

selecting any line body along + X-axis

c.

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 Boundary Conditions

a.

Apply Displacement at two bearing

locations by Scoping to Named
Selection Bearings

b.

Only X component is
fixed
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 Boundary Conditions

Apply Fixed Rotation about X-axis at

a. two bearing locations by Scoping to
Named Selection Bearings. This is to
prevent the torsional modes

b.
Only X component is
fixed
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 Bearing Modeling and Setup
The macro IMPORTBEARING1.mac reads the
bearing data from text file (below) created by
ROMAC code THPAD
ANSYS Bearing
Element COMBI214

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 Import Bearing Macro

b.
Right click on Commands and click
Import.

a. Insert Commands
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 Import Bearing Macro

c. Click Yes

d.
Go to Project Directory folder,
WS3_Three_mass_disk_files,
select the macro
Macro will appear in the IMPORTBEARING1.MAC
e.
Commands

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 Change Element type
The commands in the text file Change Element Type.txt in the Folder
WS3_Three_mass_disk_files are used to replace linear springs defined by Mechanical with
COMBI214 bearing elements

Follow the same procedure to Import the Change Element type text file through another
Commands object as done for Bearing Import macro

The text file will appear as

shown in the Commands

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 Solution

Click on the Solution

to see the tabular
modal results

b.

a. Hit Solve in the Solution

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 Postprocessing modal results

Select the modes for the 1st rotational a.

velocity ( Solve Point 1). Create mode
shapes for the result set.

Right click on Solution and

select Evaluate All Results

b.
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 Mode Shape

Mode shape for Set number 4

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 Orbit plot
Copy the text from file Plot orbit.txt from
folder WS3_Three_mass_disk_files to the
Commands object

b.

The orbit plot is for the

specified set number in the
Commands

Insert a Commands object in a.

Solution

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 Orbit plot

b. Hit Solve

a. Clear Generated data

c.
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 Campbell Diagram
Right click on Solution and insert
Campbell Diagram

a.

Details
b. Evaluate results

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 Campbell Diagram Frequency Vs Rotational
Velocity

Critical Speed line

1st Critical Speed

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 Campbell Diagram Stability Vs Rotational
velocity

Details

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 Campbell Diagram Logarithmic Decrement Vs
Rotational Velocity

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 Critical Speed Map

a. Drag and drop another Modal analysis on

the existing one to share the first three
cells

Second modal analysis will

b. appear in Project tree in
Mechanical
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 Boundary conditions

Copy Displacement from 1st

Modal analysis to 2nd Modal
analysis a. b.
Copy Fixed Rotation in
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 Environment
Import the Change Element type Critical text file (Folder - WS3_Three_mass_disk_files)
through Commands object to replace linear springs defined by Mechanical with COMBI214
bearing elements

a.

b. Analysis Settings
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 Import Critical Speed Map macro

a. Insert a Commands object in

Solution

b.
Import
CRITSPEEDMAP.mac
c.
Rename
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 Critical Speed Map
Arguments

Fill in the argument values

which are used in the
CRITSPEEDMAP macro

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Hit Solve Release 14.5
 Critical Speed Map

In this analysis, the

stiffness is selected
to vary between 1x103
to1x107 lb/in.

Critical Speed Map for the three mass disk rotor

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