GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZATION
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rotor assembly including rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks being stacked sequentially onto the first journal, the method comprising:
- determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, the total parallelism vector includes a parallelism magnitude and angle for a rotor stack of rotating parts up to and including the rotating part;
determining a total parallelism sum includingdetermining the parallelism magnitude of each total parallelism vector, andadding the parallelism magnitudes into a single sum; and
determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum includingselecting the rotating disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum.
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Abstract
A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks. The method includes determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, determining a total parallelism sum including determining a magnitude of each total parallelism vector and adding the magnitudes into a single sum, and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum.
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1. A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rotor assembly including rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks being stacked sequentially onto the first journal, the method comprising:
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determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, the total parallelism vector includes a parallelism magnitude and angle for a rotor stack of rotating parts up to and including the rotating part; determining a total parallelism sum including determining the parallelism magnitude of each total parallelism vector, and adding the parallelism magnitudes into a single sum; and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotating disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rotor assembly including rotating parts including a first journal, one or more rotor disks being stacked sequentially onto the first journal, and a second journal being stacked onto a final rotor disk of the one or more rotor disks, the method comprising:
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determining vector components for a total concentricity vector for each rotating part, the total concentricity vector includes a concentricity magnitude and angle for a rotor stack of rotating parts up to and including the rotating part; determining a true concentricity for each vector component relative to a center of rotation for the rotor assembly determined by positions of the first journal and the second; determining a total concentricity sum including determining a magnitude of each true concentricity vector, and adding the magnitudes into a single sum; and determining a minimum value for the total concentricity sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total concentricity sum. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, the rotor assembly including rotating parts including a first journal, one or more rotor disks being stacked sequentially onto the first journal, and a second journal being stacked onto a final rotor disk of the one or more rotor disks, the method comprising:
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determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, the total parallelism vector includes a parallelism magnitude and angle for a rotor stack of rotating parts up to and including the rotating part; determining a total parallelism sum including determining a parallelism magnitude of each total parallelism vector, and adding the parallelism magnitudes into a single sum; determining vector components for a total concentricity vector, the total concentricity vector includes a concentricity magnitude and angle for a rotor stack of rotating parts up to and including the rotating part; determining a true concentricity for each vector component relative to a center of rotation for the rotor assembly determined by positions of the first journal and the second journal; determining a total concentricity sum including determining a concentricity magnitude of each true concentricity vector, and adding the concentricity magnitudes into a single sum; determining a total combined sum including adding the total parallelism sum and the total concentricity sum into a single sum; and determining a minimum value for the total combined sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total combined sum. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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