Study on Flow-Induced Excitation Force on the Last Stage Blade of Steam Turbine

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  • Sheng Ren Author
  • Hua-Yun Zhu Author
  • Xu-Dong Ding Author
  • Zhi-Ming Xu Author
  • Yong-Feng Sui Author

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https://doi.org/10.5890/JVTSD.2018.03.008

Abstract

Combining transient blade row (TBR) method with stationary inverse Fourier transformation (IFT), an effective method for numerical simulation of flow-induced force on the blade at the last stage of steam turbine is proposed in this study. Using this method, only a single flow channel needs simulating transiently to obtain the force on blade. Then, the numerical simulation of flow-induced force using this method is carried out on the last stage of a real steam turbine, and the feasibility of this method is also verified via this example. Comparing with traditional transient computation, a remarkable amount of computing time and resources can be saved by this method.

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Ren, S., Zhu, H.-Y., Ding, X.-D., Xu, Z.-M., & Sui, Y.-F. (2026). Study on Flow-Induced Excitation Force on the Last Stage Blade of Steam Turbine. Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics, 2(1), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.5890/JVTSD.2018.03.008