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NASA NTRS1977

Performance of large-bore tapered-roller bearings under combined radial and thrust load at shaft speeds to 15,000 rpm

The performance of 120.65-mm bore tapered roller bearings was investigated at shaft speeds up to 15,000 rpm. Temperature distribution and bearing heat generation were determined as a function of shaft speed, radial and thrust loads, lubricant flow rate, and lubricant inlet temperature. Lubricant was supplied by either jets or by a combination of holes through the cone directly to the cone-rib contact and jets at the roller small-end side. Cone-rib lubrication significantly improved high-speed tapered-roller bearing performance, yielding lower cone-face temperatures and lower power loss and allowing lower lubricant flow rates for a given speed condition. Bearing temperatures increased with increased shaft speed and decreased with increased lubricant flow rate. Bearing power loss increased with increased shaft speed and increased lubricant flow rate.

Parker, R. J.↗
NASA NTRS1990

A fiber optic sensor for noncontact measurement of shaft speed, torque, and power

A fiber optic sensor which enables noncontact measurement of the speed, torque and power of a rotating shaft was fabricated and tested. The sensor provides a direct measurement of shaft rotational speed and shaft angular twist, from which torque and power can be determined. Angles of twist between 0.005 and 10 degrees were measured. Sensor resolution is limited by the sampling rate of the analog to digital converter, while accuracy is dependent on the spot size of the focused beam on the shaft. Increasing the sampling rate improves measurement resolution, and decreasing the focused spot size increases accuracy. Digital processing allows for enhancement of an electronically or optically degraded signal.

Madzsar, George C.↗
NASA NTRS1990

A fiber optic sensor for noncontact measurement of shaft speed, torque and power

A fiber optic sensor which enables noncontact measurement of the speed, torque and power of a rotating shaft was fabricated and tested. The sensor provides a direct measurement of shaft rotational speed and shaft angular twist, from which torque and power can be determined. Angles of twist between 0.005 and 10 degrees were measured. Sensor resolution is limited by the sampling rate of the analog to digital converter, while accuracy is dependent on the spot size of the focused beam on the shaft. Increasing the sampling rate improves measurement resolution, and decreasing the focused spot size increases accuracy. Digital processing allows for enhancement of an electronically or optically degraded signal.

Madzsar, George C.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Shaft speed control

Simple mechanism controls rotation of heavy-duty shaft by mechanical comparison with rotation of small, precise, stepper motor. Mechanism can be used to limit winding and unwinding speeds of large spools and reels and to control speed of other rotating shafts. Setup incorporates reference shaft geared down from stepper motor and feedback shaft geared up from shaft to be controlled. Feedback and reference shafts are coupled with brake assembly inside stationary cylinder. When work shaft speeds up, brakes are activated automatically to slow it down.

Ford, A. G.↗
NASA NTRS1993

Noncontact Measurement Of Shaft Speed, Torque, And Power

Noncontact fiber-optic sensor and associated electronic equipment measure twist and speed of rotation of shaft. Measurements determine torque and power. Response of sensor remains linear even at cryogenic temperatures. Reflective strips on rotating shaft reflect two series of light pulses back into optical system. Bidirectional coupler in each of two optical fiber paths separates reflected light from incident light, sending it to photodiode for output to analog-to-digital converter and computer. Sensor requires no slip rings or telemetry to transfer signals from shaft. Well suited for providing data on performances of turbopumps for such cryogenic fluids as liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.

Madzsar, George C.↗
NASA NTRS2006

Unitary Shaft-Angle and Shaft-Speed Sensor Assemblies

The figure depicts a unit that contains a rotary-position or a rotary-speed sensor, plus electronic circuitry necessary for its operation, all enclosed in a single housing with a shaft for coupling to an external rotary machine. This rotation sensor unit is complete: when its shaft is mechanically connected to that of the rotary machine and it is supplied with electric power, it generates an output signal directly indicative of the rotary position or speed, without need for additional processing by other circuitry. The incorporation of all of the necessary excitatory and readout circuitry into the housing (in contradistinction to using externally located excitatory and/or readout circuitry) in a compact arrangement is the major difference between this unit and prior rotation-sensor units. The sensor assembly inside the housing includes excitatory and readout integrated circuits mounted on a circular printed-circuit board. In a typical case in which the angle or speed transducer(s) utilize electromagnetic induction, the assembly also includes another circular printed-circuit board on which the transducer windings are mounted. A sheet of high-magnetic permeability metal ("mu metal") is placed between the winding board and the electronic-circuit board to prevent spurious coupling of excitatory signals from the transducer windings to the readout circuits. The housing and most of the other mechanical hardware can be common to a variety of different sensor designs. Hence, the unit can be configured to generate any of variety of outputs by changing the interior sensor assembly. For example, the sensor assembly could contain an analog tachometer circuit that generates an output proportional (in both magnitude and sign or in magnitude only) to the speed of rotation.

Alhorn, Dean C.↗
NASA NTRS1985

Nonintrusive shaft speed sensor

Reusable rocket engines such as the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), the Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV), etc., have throttling capabilities that require real-time, closed-loop control systems of engine propellant flows, combustion temperatures and pressures, and turbopump rotary speeds. In the case of the SSME, there are four turbopumps that require real-time measurement and control of their rotary speeds. Variable-reluctance magnetic speed sensors were designed, fabricated, and tested for all four turbopumps, resulting in the successful implementation and operation of three of these speed sensors during each of the 12 Shuttle flights.

Barkhoudarian, S.↗
NASA NTRS1980

MOD-0A 200 kW wind turbine generator design and analysis report

The design, analysis, and initial performance of the MOD-OA 200 kW wind turbine generator at Clayton, NM is documented. The MOD-OA was designed and built to obtain operation and performance data and experience in utility environments. The project requirements, approach, system description, design requirements, design, analysis, system tests, installation, safety considerations, failure modes and effects analysis, data acquisition, and initial performance for the wind turbine are discussed. The design and analysis of the rotor, drive train, nacelle equipment, yaw drive mechanism and brake, tower, foundation, electricl system, and control systems are presented. The rotor includes the blades, hub, and pitch change mechanism. The drive train includes the low speed shaft, speed increaser, high speed shaft, and rotor brake. The electrical system includes the generator, switchgear, transformer, and utility connection. The control systems are the blade pitch, yaw, and generator control, and the safety system. Manual, automatic, and remote control are discussed. Systems analyses on dynamic loads and fatigue are presented.

Anderson, T. S.↗
NASA NTRS1980

The MOD-OA 200 kilowatt wind turbine generator design and analysis report

The project requirements, approach, system description, design requirements, design, analysis, system tests, installation safety considerations, failure modes and effects analysis, data acquisition, and initial performance for the MOD-OA 200 kw wind turbine generator are discussed. The components, the rotor, driven train, nacelle equipment, yaw drive mechanism and brake, tower, foundation, electrical system, and control systems are presented. The rotor includes the blades, hub and pitch change mechanism. The drive train includes the low speed shaft, speed increaser, high speed shaft, and rotor brake. The electrical system includes the generator, switchgear, transformer, and utility connection. The control systems are the blade pitch, yaw, and generator control, and the safety system. Manual, automatic, and remote control and Dynamic loads and fatigue are analyzed.

Andersen, T. S.↗
NASA NTRS1989

OTVE turbopump condition monitoring, task E.5

Recent work has been carried out on development of isotope wear analysis and optical and eddy current technologies to provide bearing wear measurements and real time monitoring of shaft speed, shaft axial displacement and shaft orbit of the Orbit Transfer Vehicle hydrostatic bearing tester. Results show shaft axial displacement can be optically measured (at the same time as shaft orbital motion and speed) to within 0.3 mils by two fiberoptic deflectometers. Evaluation of eddy current probes showed that, in addition to measuring shaft orbital motion, they can be used to measure shaft speed without having to machine grooves on the shaft surface as is the usual practice for turbomachinery. The interim results of this condition monitoring effort are presented.

Coleman, Paul T.↗
NASA NTRS1989

Integrated controls and health monitoring fiberoptic shaft monitor

Recent work was performed on development optical technology to provide real time monitoring of shaft speed, shaft axial displacement, and shaft orbit of the OTVE hydrostatic bearing tester. Results show shaft axial displacement can be optically measured (at the same time as shaft orbital motion and speed) to within 0.3 mills by two fiber optic deflectometers. The final results of this condition monitoring development effort are presented.

Coleman, P.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Rotary electric device

An electric motor is described with a low speed shaft that rotates at a speed much slower than the speed of a high speed shaft. It is comprised of a stator having a cylindrical bore with a longitudinal axis and a rotor that carries the low speed shaft which rotates in the bore eccentrically about the axis. There is contact and no magnetic gap between a relatively small portion of the rotor periphery and the periphery of the bore. A magnetic field, rotating at the speed of the high speed shaft, is applied to the periphery of the bore. The field has longitudinally extending magnetic field components of opposite polarity so that around approximately 180 deg of the bore the field extends in one direction, while around the other 180 deg of the bore the field extends in the opposite direction. The rotor includes permanent magnet pole faces at opposite ends of the bore.

Madey, J. M.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Balancing of high speed interconnect shafting for operation above multiple bending critical speeds

The present work first reviews the key elements of rotating system dynamics which are crucial to the control of lateral vibration levels for supercritical shafting of the type which is considered for use in advanced aircraft applications. Then the results of an analytical investigation of procedures for balancing flexible shafts designed for critical operation are discussed. Some of the conclusions made were: (1) even in undamped configuration, reasonably low vibration levels can be achieved through a sequential multiplane-multispeed balancing process; and (2) combination of analytical response and balancing prediction procedures yields a powerful tool for the dynamic analysis and design of advanced shaft-bearing systems.

Badgley, R. H.↗
NASA NTRS1980

Speed control device for a heavy duty shaft

A speed control device is characterized by a reference speed shaft spatially related to a heavy duty shaft, a drive train for driving the reference speed shaft at a constant angular velocity, a drive train for driving the heavy duty shaft at a variable angular velocity and a speed control assembly for continuously comparing the angular velocity of the heavy duty shaft with the angular velocity of the reference speed shaft. A brake assembly is connected to the heavy duty shaft and is adapted to respond to errors in the angular velocity of the heavy duty shaft in order to reduce the angular velocity of the heavy duty shaft to that of the reference speed shaft.

Ford, A. G.↗
NASA NTRS2018

Low-Noise Operating Mode for Propeller-Driven Electric Airplanes

Mechanical shaft power and shaft speed of reciprocating internal combustion engines are closely coupled. Maximum rated shaft power is typically produced at or near peak shaft speed. If a general aviation airplane equipped with a reciprocating engine and a variable-pitch propeller attempts a low-noise takeoff by reducing propeller tip speed, propeller power and thrust are reduced. Such takeoffs are not tolerated due to punishing performance effects, such as increased field lengths and poor climb rates. Certain electric motors, however, are able to deliver maximum shaft power over a wide range of shaft speed. Electric or hybrid-electric propeller-driven airplanes should be able to exploit this behavior. At low shaft speeds, high shaft power levels and high blade pitch angles could be combined to recover much of the thrust that would otherwise be lost. This could enable a low-noise operating mode for propellers normally designed for performance rather than for noise. The subject of this paper is an analytical investigation into low-noise takeoffs and steady overflights of a notional general aviation airplane equipped with a propeller driven by an electric motor.

Berton, Jeffrey J.↗
NASA NTRS1978

Lubrication of high-speed, large bore tapered-roller bearings

The performance of 120.65-mm bore tapered-roller bearings was investigated at shaft speeds up to 15,000 rpm. Temperature distribution and bearing heat generation were determined as a function of shaft speed, radial and thrust loads, lubricant flow rate, and lubricant inlet temperature. Lubricant was supplied either by jets or by a combination of holes through the cone directly to the cone-rib contact and jets at the roller small-end side. Cone-rib lubrication significantly improved high-speed tapered-roller bearing performance, yielding lower cone-face temperatures and lower power loss and allowing lower lubricant flow rates for a given speed condition. Bearing temperatures increased with increased shaft speed and decreased with increased lubricant flow rate. Bearing power loss increased with increased shaft speed and increased lubricant flow rate.

Parker, R. J.↗