Performance simulation for the supporting structure of aero-engine rotor in wide frequency domain

The inertia load of aero-engine indeterminate rotor support is calculated by the finite element method coupled with plane stress element and Fourier ring element. Without considering the dynamic characteristics of rotor’s supporting structure, the test results are error-prone and inefficient. A new method for testing the supporting structure performance of aero-engine rotor in wide frequency domain is proposed. On this basis, the structural model of the casing-support and the structural model of aero-engine rotor are constructed by substructure modelling method. Combining the two sub-models, the semi-physical simulation model of the vibration of the engine rotor’s supporting structure is obtained. By superimposing the additional dynamic stiffness matrix of the casing-supporting structure at the designated DOF position in the overall stiffness matrix of the finite element model of the rotor structure, the overall stiffness matrix of the aero-engine rotor supporting structure is obtained. The effective stiffness matrix can be used to calculate the structural dynamic characteristics of aero-engine rotor supporting structure. Experiments show that the average error of the proposed method is 0.0023 and the number of units is 7.98 e4. The calculation time and storage space are reduced by 310 minutes and 166 GB respectively compared with the performance test method of rotor support based on finite element analysis, which shows that the proposed method is more efficient and accurate. © 2019. MechAero Foundation for Technical Research & Education Excellence.