Engine rotor health monitoring: an experimental approach to fault detection and durability assessment

Ali Abdul-Aziz; Mark R. Woike; Michelle Clem; George Baaklini

doi:10.1117/12.2087602

27 March 2015 Engine rotor health monitoring: an experimental approach to fault detection and durability assessment

Ali Abdul-Aziz, Mark R. Woike, Michelle Clem, George Baaklini

Proceedings Volume 9436, Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration 2015; 94360A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2087602
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Efforts to update and improve turbine engine components in meeting flights safety and durability requirements are commitments that engine manufacturers try to continuously fulfill. Most of their concerns and developments energies focus on the rotating components as rotor disks. These components typically undergo rigorous operating conditions and are subject to high centrifugal loadings which subject them to various failure mechanisms. Thus, developing highly advanced health monitoring technology to screen their efficacy and performance is very essential to their prolonged service life and operational success. Nondestructive evaluation techniques are among the many screening methods that presently are being used to pre-detect hidden flaws and mini cracks prior to any appalling events occurrence. Most of these methods or procedures are confined to evaluating material’s discontinuities and other defects that have mature to a point where failure is eminent. Hence, development of more robust techniques to pre-predict faults prior to any catastrophic events in these components is highly vital. This paper is focused on presenting research activities covering the ongoing research efforts at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) rotor dynamics laboratory in support of developing a fault detection system for key critical turbine engine components. Data obtained from spin test experiments of a rotor disk that relates to investigating behavior of blade tip clearance, tip timing and shaft displacement based on measured data acquired from sensor devices such as eddy current, capacitive and microwave are presented. Additional results linking test data with finite element modeling to characterize the structural durability of a cracked rotor as it relays to the experimental tests and findings is also presented. An obvious difference in the vibration response is shown between the notched and the baseline no notch rotor disk indicating the presence of some type of irregularity.

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Ali Abdul-Aziz, Mark R. Woike, Michelle Clem, and George Baaklini "Engine rotor health monitoring: an experimental approach to fault detection and durability assessment", Proc. SPIE 9436, Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology, Networks, and Systems Integration 2015, 94360A (27 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2087602

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