A design to improve the effective damping characteristics of hole-pattern-stator annular gas seals Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Predictions are presented for hole pattern seals for which the hole depth is varied axially, showing that various depth patterns can significantly improve damping performance in terms of both increasing the seals effective damping and reducing its cross-over frequency the frequency at which effective damping changes from positive to negative. Test results are presented for the seal with the best variable hole depth (VHD) pattern showing an increase in peak damping by a factor of 1.6 over a constant hole depth (CHD) design, versus predictions of 2.7. The cross over frequency is reduced by approximately 40%. The VHD seal has a significant negative static stiffness that probably arises from a friction-factor jump phenomena, not flow path divergence. The VHD seal leaks less than a comparable CHD design.

name of conference

  • Volume 5: Marine; Microturbines and Small Turbomachinery; Oil and Gas Applications; Structures and Dynamics, Parts A and B

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO 2006, VOL 5, PTS A AND B

author list (cited authors)

  • Childs, D. W., Shin, Y., & Seifert, B.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Childs, Dara W||Shin, Yoon-Shik||Seifert, Brent

publication date

  • January 2006