Structural design and optimization for vent holes of an industrial turbine sealing disk

Severe stress concentration occurs around circular vent holes of an industrial turbine sealing disk. This paper investigates the structural design and optimization for the vent holes to effectively reduce the maximum von Mises stress and improve the fatigue life of the turbine sealing disk. An efficient integrated design optimization method is presented based on a novel non-circular vent hole design method in combination with a variable dimension sub-model method, a self-developed modeling and meshing tool, and the Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm. The proposed non-circular vent hole is biaxial symmetric and consists of four smoothly connected arcs. The variable dimension sub-model method is utilized to obtain accurate results in the fields around the vent holes within the computationally acceptable time. The modeling and meshing tool is developed by using the Tcl/Tk Scripts to rebuild the geometry and generate the high-quality hexahedral mesh automatically. The Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm is adopted to solve the studied constrained optimization problem. After optimization, the maximum von Mises stress is reduced from 1305.644 MPa to 963.435 MPa, and the fatigue life is increased from 3091 cycles to 30,297 cycles. The results show that the proposed design and optimization methods can significantly improve the performance of the turbine sealing disk along with the remarkable drop in stress concentration.     

Optimal location and shape definition of elliptical ventilation openings on aero engine turbine rotors with stress concentration effect

The aero engine turbine rotors are under strong centrifugal load and the highest thermal load. The ventilation openings on the rotors are inevitable, because air flow need to pass through them to cool the temperatures down and keep the air pressure balanced in internal aero engine. The ventilation openings will lead to stress concentration effect. In this paper, the stress concentration factor of elliptical opening on rotating disc is deduced by superposition method. How to define the optimal lo...     

2024-T351铝合金搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头疲劳性能与寿命预测

通过实验观察2024-T351铝合金搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头焊缝附近区域的焊缝横截面形貌及金相组织。观察表明搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头前进侧与后退侧存在形状不对称的钩状缺陷。将搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头在MTS材料实验机上进行恒幅疲劳加载,得到名义应力幅S-N曲线。根据实验结果建立搭接接头的弹塑性有限元模型,利用SWT疲劳损伤公式和应力集中区域循环应力应变有限元分析结果数据,预测搭接接头疲劳寿命,并将寿命预测结果与实验结果进行对比。结果表明:在低周疲劳寿命范围内,采用SWT疲劳损伤公式对搅拌摩擦搭接焊接头的预测结果与实验结果接近,误差均在2个因子内,但对高周疲劳寿命的预测结果存在较大误差。分析表明,搭接接头的应力集中程度比有效厚度对疲劳寿命的影响更大。     

Structural optimization of uniaxial symmetry non-circular bolt clearance hole on turbine disk

This study proposes a parameterized model of a uniaxial symmetry non-circular hole, to improve conventional circular bolt clearance holes on turbine disks. The profile of the model consists of eight smoothly connected arcs, the radiuses of which are determined by 5 design variables.By changing the design variables, the profile of the non-circular hole can be transformed to accommodate different load ratios, thereby improving the stress concentration of the area near the hole and that of the turbine disk. The uniaxial symmetry non-circular hole is optimized based on finite element method（FEM）, in which the maximum first principal stress is taken as the objective function. After optimization, the stress concentration is evidently relieved; the maximum first principal stress and the maximum von Mises stress on the critical area are reduced by 30.39% and 25.34%respectively, showing that the uniaxial symmetry non-circular hole is capable of reducing the stress level of bolt clearance holes on the turbine disk.     

42CrMo钢螺栓失效分析

某导弹发射架在进行第3次动载荷试验过程时,其上的一件42Cr Mo外六角高强度螺栓出现了断裂;通过对断口进行宏微观检查、电镜观察、金相组织检查、硬度检查及化学成分分析,确定了零件的断裂性质和断裂原因。结果表明:螺栓的断裂性质为原始裂纹引起的应力腐蚀断裂。由于螺栓在镀锌前存在原始微裂纹,造成了应力集中,并在随后的镀锌过程中出现了腐蚀现象;在试验过程中,由于弯曲应力和大气环境中氧、硫、氯、钠等腐蚀介质的共同作用,导致了螺栓的断裂。另外零件硬度值偏高,存在轻微的回火脆性,对断裂也有一定的影响。