Constrained design optimization of rotor-tilting pad bearing systems

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Untaroiu, Costin D ^a   Untaroiu, Alexandrina ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

bearings; optimization; rotors; vibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; BEARING CLEARANCE; BEARINGS; BULK FLOW; COMPLEX DESIGNS; CONSTRAINED DESIGN; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DESIGN SPACES; DESIGN VARIABLES; DYNAMIC SPEED; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; INITIAL DESIGN; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; POWER-LOSSES; PRELOADS; ROTOR-BEARING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TILTING PAD BEARINGS; UNBALANCE RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ROTORS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

DESIGN;

EID: 79953234033     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001811     Document Type: Article

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