Failure analysis of interfering part of a steam turbine journal bearing

An article published in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis« , octobre 2014.

Journal bearings as so sensitive parts of steam turbines are very susceptible to failure through different mechanisms of wear, fatigue and crush during service conditions. Failure occurring through these mechanisms lead to turbine completely shut down as a result of interfering in working conditions of bearing different parts. In this paper, failed interfered part of a journal bearing related to a 320,000 kW steam turbine was examined. The studies were revealed that the bearing part loosing and inappropriate clearance can produce relative displacements under cyclic gradient loading. This condition was detrimental for the service life of turbine journal bearing via failure through fretting fatigue mechanism.

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Interfering part of a steam turbine journal bearing

bearing part frettingJournal bearings as so sensitive parts of steam turbines are very susceptible to failure through different mechanisms of wear, fatigue and crush during service conditions. Failure occurring through these mechanisms lead to turbine completely shut down as a result of interfering in working conditions of bearing different parts. In this research, failed interfered part of a journal bearing related to a 320,000 kW steam turbine was examined.The studies were revealed that the bearing part loosing and inappropriate clearance can produce relative displacements under cyclic gradient loading. This condition was detrimental for the service life of turbine journal bearing via failure through fretting fatigue mechanism.

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An investigation into failure analysis of interfering part of a steam turbine journal bearing

A new Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis. Journal bearings as so sensitive parts of steam turbines are very susceptible to failure through different mechanisms of wear, fatigue and crush during service conditions. Failure occurring through these mechanisms lead to turbine completely shut down as a result of interfering in working conditions of bearing different parts. In this research, failed interfered part of a journal bearing related to a 320,000 kW steam turbine was examined. The studies were revealed that the bearing part loosing and inappropriate clearance can produce relative displacements under cyclic gradient loading. This condition was detrimental for the service life of turbine journal bearing via failure through fretting fatigue mechanism.

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Phénomènes de fretting-fatigue d’un conducteur électrique

 Les conducteurs des lignes haute tension sont faits de Torons enveloppés en hélice en couches successives autour d’un fil / noyau central. La durée de vie de ces composants est souvent considérablement réduite par les vents qui génèrent des vibrations dans le voisinage des pinces de suspension et de dispositifs d’ancrage, des mouvements de faible amplitude relativement glissant entre les surfaces des fils individuels en contact les uns avec les autres. Ce phénomène provoque des dommages au composant appelé fretting-fatigue, qui est une cause majeure de rupture des fils des conducteurs et, dans des circonstances exceptionnelles, la corde entière. Le rôle de l’analyse de défaillance décrite ici est d’identifier la morphologie ainsi que la compréhension de la nature et les causes des phénomènes impliqués dans la défaillance d’un conducteur de type AAAC (alliage d’aluminium 6101), composé de 61 fils (quatre couches concentriques) appartenant une ligne à haute tension.

voir le document source (pdf en italien)  : http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/ext/AIM/Anno%202007/Novembre-Dicembre/Fenomeni%20di%20fretting-atigue%20su%20un%20conduttore%20elettrico.pdf