Nonsynchronous Motion of Squeeze Film Damper Systems

Abstract

The nonsynchronous motion of a rigid rotor-squeeze film damper system was investigated. This research classifies the phenomenon of the system with perfectly preloaded centering springs, reveals its existence conditions, and analyzes the system’s topological structures associated with the phenomenon. When the centering springs of the system do not perfectly balance the gravity load, a unidirectional gravitational residual is resulted. This research also studied the effect of the gravitational residual on the system’s behavior and the degree of stability for the various topological structures of the corresponding autonomous system. It shows that the residual improves the performance of the system because it either suppresses the nonsynchronous orbit of the system or changes it into various subharmonic orbits. This research shows that though the squeeze film damper system is inherently stable, it can have some undesirable nonsynchronous behavior for a wide range of system parameters.