Computational and analytical studies of the processes in electromagnetic bearings in adjustment of the rotor of a turbine engine

The stability of an electromagnetic bearing control system-rotor system with a nonlinear dependence of the magnetic force on the control current is studied by analytical and experimental methods. The possibility of implementing an electromagnetic suspension of a rotor in the absence of currents of initial magnetic biasing is demonstrated. The advantages and disadvantages of such an implementation of the control system are determined. A program for calculating the time evolution of the motion of a rotor on electromagnetic bearings is developed and implemented in practice. A technique for verifying the program under conditions where initial data for calculations are not known accurately is proposed. © 2008 F.M. Mitenkov, V.S. Vostokov, V.S. Gorbunov, N.G. Kodochigov, A.V. Khodykin.