A NOTE ON CRITICAL-SPEED SOLUTIONS FOR FINITE-ELEMENT-BASED ROTOR MODELS
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An ordering scheme is introduced for the deflection variables in finite-element-based rotordynamics models which permits a direct numerical solution approach via symmetric matrix procedures for rotor critical speeds, provided the system stiffness matrix is symmetric. Previously published reports on finite-element formulations employ general Q-R algorithms operating on state-variable forms of the governing equations to obtain rotor natural frequencies at a specified running speed, with critical speeds determined from many such calculations.