A numerical study of high pressure turbine forced response in the presence of damaged nozzle guide vanes

Abstract

Abstract This paper reports results from numerical computations of low engine order and blade-passing forced response on the rotor of a high pressure turbine due to severe damage to a single nozzle guide vane. The computations are performed using a time-domain, nonlinear viscous compressible flow simulation code. The flow and the levels of forcing for a few selected modes are compared for the undamaged and the damaged configurations. The results show that the response in various modes is affected to a different extent by the damage. The main blade-passing response was found to be largely unaffected, if not marginally reduced. On the other hand, the vibration levels for some modes were seen to be up to eight times higher because of the low-order excitation harmonics created by the damaged passage.