Vibration of turbomachinery rotating blades made-up of functionally graded materials and operating in a high temperature field

Summary.

The vibration of turbomachinery rotating blades made-up of functionally graded materials and operating in a temperature field is considered. In this context, the blade is modeled as a thin-walled beam mounted on a rigid hub at a presetting angle, rotating with a constant angular velocity, and exposed to a steady temperature field of a prescribed gradient through the blade wall thickness. The effect of the initial twist of the blade is also taken into consideration. Results are presented for two constituents, metal-ceramic based materials that are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution. Numerical results highlighting the effects of the volume fraction in conjunction with those of the presetting and pretwist angles, temperature gradient, rotating speed and hub radius are presented, and pertinent conclusions are outlined.