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Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-17T16:51:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-08-31. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2016-05-17T16:55:10Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000864230.pdf: 1866850 bytes, checksum: 9ad28107377e11f0b8e5361f14581a46 (MD5) / Os sistemas produtivos modernos requerem, cada vez mais, confiabilidade e bom desempenho de seus equipamentos que, ao apresentarem níveis de vibração elevados, tendem a se deteriorar precocemente e produzir variações no processo produtivo, comprometendo assim sua utilização. Dado o interesse em mitigar os efeitos da vibração, nos últimos anos o estudo de sistemas que sejam capazes de controlar os deslocamentos e as forças dinâmicas geradas por equipamentos vem ganhando espaço considerável na engenharia. Este trabalho apresenta o estudo de uma técnica de controle semiativo que emprega a alteração das propriedades dinâmicas através da modificação da rigidez do sistema, para produzir o efeito de atenuação de vibrações. Foi desenvolvida uma metodologia para avaliação do efeito de alteração da rigidez do sistema através de análise adimensional dinâmica do sistema e, além disso, foram também equacionados analiticamente todos os parâmetros envolvidos no controle das propriedades do sistema. Foi desenvolvido o projeto teórico de um dispositivo capaz de realizar a modificação da rigidez de um sistema mecânico, sendo este simulado em condições de aplicação na atenuação de vibrações de um equipamento que atravessa sua frequência natural. Os resultados demonstram que o dispositivo tem aplicação bastante efetiva para pequenas estruturas e que o conceito pode ser estendido para experimentos com sistemas reais / Modern production systems increasingly require good reliability and performance of their machines and equipment. Those which have high vibration levels tend to deteriorate sooner and to produce poor production processes, which means that the maximum availability cannot be exploited. In recent years, due to the desire to mitigate the effects of vibration, systems which are capable of controlling the dynamic displacements and forces generated by equipment, have been studied. The work in this dissertation presents a study of a semi-active control technique which changes the dynamic properties of a machine, through the modification of the system stiffness, to produce the effect of vibration reduction. A methodology is developed to evaluate the effect of the system stiffness alteration through dynamic analysis. A potential implementation of a design capable of modifying the stiffness of a mechanical system is presented, and simulations are carried out into its performance as a machine passes through its natural frequency. The results show that the design works in principle and has the potential to work in a real experimental system

Rotating blades are considered to be the one of the most common cause of failures in rotating machinery. Blade failure modes normally occur as a result of cracks due to unexpected operating conditions, which are normally caused by accidents of foreign objects damage, high cycle fatigue, blade rubbing, blade root looseness, and degradation from erosion and corrosion. Thus, detection of blade faults has an important role in reducing blade related failures and allowing repairs to be scheduled for the machinery. This in turn will lead to reduction in maintenance costs and thus raise productivity and safety aspects of operation. To maintain vital components of rotating machines, such as blades, shafts, bearings and gear boxes, at optimal levels, detection of failures in such components is important, because this will prevent any serious damage that could affect performance. This research study involves laboratory tests on a small rig with a bladed disc rotor that applied vibration measurements and analysis for blade fault detection. Three measurements: shaft torsional vibration, on-bearing vibration (OBV) and on-casing vibration (OCV), are used. A small test rig of a single stage bladed disc holding 8-blades was designed and manufactured, to carry out this research study to assess the usefulness and capability of each vibration technique in detection of incipient defects within machine blades. A series of tests was conducted on a test rig for three different cases of blade health conditions: (a) healthy blade(s) with mistuned effects, (b) blade root looseness and (c) cracks in a blade on two different blade sizes (long and short blades) in order to discover changes in blades' dynamic behaviour during the machine running-up operation. The data were collected using the three measurements during machine run-up and then recorded. The measured vibration data were analysed by computing the blades' resonance at different engine orders (EOs) related to the blade(s) resonance frequencies and their higher harmonics, to understand the blade(s) dynamics behaviour for the cases of healthy and faulty blade(s). Data have been further processed using a polar plot presentation method which provides clear results that can be used for monitoring blade integrity. To validate the obtained experimental results, a simplified mathematical model was also developed. Finally, a comparative study between three methods was undertaken to understand the relative advantages and limitations in the blade heath monitoring.