Experimental results for labyrinth gas seals with honeycomb stators: Comparisons to smooth-stator seals and theoretical predictions Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Experimental measurements are presented for the rotordynamic stiffness and damping coefficients of a teeth-on-rotor labyrinth seal with a honeycomb stator. Inlet circumferential velocity, inlet pressure, rotor speed, and seal clearance are primary variables. Results are compared to (a) data for teeth-on-rotor labyrinth seals with smooth stators, and (b) analytical predictions from a two-control-volume compressible flow model. The experimental results show that the honeycomb-stator configuration is more stable than the smooth-stator configuration at low rotor speeds. At high rotor speeds, the stator surface does not affect stability. The theoretical model predicts the cross-coupled stiffness of the honeycomb-stator seal correctly within 25 percent of measured values.

published proceedings

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper)

author list (cited authors)

  • Hawkins, L., Childs, D., & Hale, K.

complete list of authors

  • Hawkins, L||Childs, D||Hale, K

publication date

  • December 1988