Vibrational reduction in integral-damped composite fan blades: experimental results

John B. Kosmatka; Oral Mehmed

doi:10.1117/12.310677

16 June 1998 Vibrational reduction in integral-damped composite fan blades: experimental results

John B. Kosmatka, Oral Mehmed

Proceedings Volume 3327, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Passive Damping and Isolation; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310677
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The experimental behavior of spinning laminated composite pretwisted plates (turbo-fan blade-like) with small (less than 10% by volume) integral viscoelastic damping patches is investigated. Two different plate sets were examined. The first set investigated tailoring patch locations and definitions to damp specific modes on spinning flat graphite/epoxy plates as a function of rotational speed. The second set investigated damping patch size and location on specific modes of pretwisted (30 degrees) graphite/epoxy plates. The results reveal that: (1) significant amount of damping can be added using a small amount of damping material, (2) the damped plates experienced no failures up to the tested 28,000 g's and 750,000 cycles, (3) centrifugal loads caused an increase in bending frequencies and corresponding reductions in bending damping levels that are proportional to the bending stiffness increase, and (4) the centrifugal loads caused a decrease in torsion natural frequency and increase in damping levels of pretwisted composite plates.

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John B. Kosmatka and Oral Mehmed "Vibrational reduction in integral-damped composite fan blades: experimental results", Proc. SPIE 3327, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Passive Damping and Isolation, (16 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310677

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