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Introduction
Whirling of shafts
Unbalanceinrotor/disc
Topviewofarotor
rotor
Geometric
centre
Mass
centre
e
m
Forperfectbalancing
(i)Masscentre(centre
ofgravity)hastoco-
insidewiththe
geometriccentre
(ii)m.e=unbalance=0
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Introduction
Whirling of shafts
Unbalanceinrotor/disc
Topviewofadisc
e
m
Centrifugalforce
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Whirling of shafts
Static dynamic
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Whirling of shafts
Top view of the disc
P-Geometric center
G-centre of gravity
O-center of rotation
OPG
de
Rotatingshaftstend
tobendoutatcertain
speedandwhirlinan
undesiredmanner,
whichaffectsthe
workingofmachine
andtheshaftmay
alsofailduetolarge
deflectionatthe
center
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Whirlingisdefinedastherotationofplane
madebythebentshaftandlineofcenters
ofbearingsasshowninFigure
Whirling of shafts
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping
Assumptions
(i)thediscatthemid-spanhasan
unbalance
(ii)theshaftinertiaisnegligible
andtheshaftstiffnessissame
inalldirections
(iii)anyinternaldampingis
neglected
L
L/2
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping
OPG
de
P-Geometric center
G-centre of gravity
O-center of rotation
e-eccentricity
d-deflection of shaft
Centrifugalforcee)(dmω
2
Top view of the disc
Restoringforce
(springforce)
K.d
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting dampingKde)(dmω
2
Equating both the forces2
2
mωK
emω
d
2
2
r1
er
d
Divide numerator and
denominator by K
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping2
2
r1
er
d
Itisobservedfromaboveequationthattheoretically,
thedeflectionoftheshafttendstoinfinitywhenr=1,
i.e=
n.
Thespeedoftheshaftunderthisconditionisreferred
ascriticalspeedofshaft.
132
2
r1
r
e
d
Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping0 1 2 3 4
0
1
2
3
4
d/e
/
n
(r)
Critical speed
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping
If r <1 Below critical speed
d is +ve
whichindicatesthatdisc
rotatesaboutO(centreof
rotation)andOandG
(Centreofgravity)are
oppositeeachother2
2
r1
er
d
GP
O
Top view of the disc
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Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping
If r >1 Above critical speed
d is –ve
d -e, which indicates O,
approaches Gand disc
rotates about center of
gravity.2
2
r1
er
d
GP
O
Top view of the disc
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Important
Itisdesiredtoruntheshaftatspeedmuchhigher
thanthenaturalfrequencyoftheshaftrotorsystem,
whichhasreducedwhirlingofshaft.
Whirling of shafts
neglecting damping
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Whirling of shafts with damping
Dampingistheresistancetomotion
Airor
Oil
Fortheanalysisofthesystems
withdampinganadditional
assumptionismade,i.ethe
externaldampingforceis
proportionaltothevelocityofthe
discatgeometriccenter.
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Whirling of shafts with damping
Force diagram
O
P
G
Kd
cd
b
d
embω
2
Threeforcesactingontheshaftunderequilibrium:
(i)centrifugalforeatGactsraciallyoutwards
(ii)restoringforceatpointPactsradialyinwardsand
(iii)dampingforceatPactsradialyoutwards.
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Whirling of shafts with damping
Top view of the disc at time t
x
y
O
P
G (x
g,y
g)
y
x
d
e
tte.cosωxx
g
te.sinωyy
g
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The equation of motion for the system in X -direction is:0Kxxcxm
g
0Kxxc)e.cosωωxm(
2
t te.cosωmωKxxcxm
2
The equation of motion for the system Y-direction is:te.sinωmωKyycym
2
F
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The governing equation of motion of the system is:
Solution of governing differential equation(t)x(t)xx(t)
pc
Let, x(t), the steady state solution of equation of motion is: )Xcos(ωx(t) ψ t
Above Eqn has to satisfy governing Eqn.
Transient solutionSteady state solution
Whirling of shafts with dampingte.cosωmωKxxcxm
2
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Vectorial representation of forces
Reference axis
KX-m
2
X
O
A
B
F
t
Impressed force
KX
Spring force
cX
Damping
force
m
2
X
Inertia force
X
Displacement
vector
Whirling of shafts with damping
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The steady state response of the system in x, horizontal
direction is : emωcωXmωKX
222
2
X
From triangle OAB e
2
mω
2
cω
2
2
mωK
2
X
22
2
2
cωmωK
emω
X
24222
2
)(2ξ)r(1
er
X
r
22
2
2
K
cω
K
mω
1
K
emω
X
Whirling of shafts with damping
Dividing by K
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The steady state response of the system in x,
horizontaldirection is :
ψ)cos(ω
2ξr1
x(t)
22
2
t
r
er
2
Similarly, the steady state response of the system in y,
Vertical direction is :
ψ)sin(ω
2ξr1
y(t)
22
2
t
r
er
2
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The deflection of shaft is :
x
y
O
P
G (x
g,y
g)
y
x
d
e
t22
yxd
22
2
2
2ξr1
er
d
r
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The deflection of shaft is :
22
2
2
2ξr1
r
e
d
r
0 1 2 3 4
0
1
2
3
4
=0.0
=0.1
=0.2
=0.3
=0.4
=0.5
=0.707
=1
d/e
/
n
(r)
Critical speed
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Whirling of shafts with damping
The phase angle is :
2
1
r1
2ξ
tanψ
r 0 1 2 3 4 5
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
=1.0
=0.707
=0.5
=0.2
=0.1
=0
Phase angle,
/
r
(r)