Abstract
Centrifugal blowers are used extensively for on-board naval applications which have high noise levels. The noise generated by a rotating component is mainly due to random loading force on the blades and periodic iteration of incoming air with the blades of the rotor. The Contemporary blades in naval applications are made up of Aluminium or Steel and generate noise that causes disturbance to the people working near the blower. The present work aims at observing the choice of E-Glass as an alternative to metal for better vibration control. E-Glass, known for their superior damping characteristics are more promising in vibration reduction compared to metals. The modeling of the blower was done by CATIA V5 R19. The blower is meshed with a three dimensional hex8 mesh is done using HYPERMESH 10. It is proposed to design blower with Epoxy glass, analyze its strength and deformation using FEM technique. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of E-Glass and metal blower using FEA packaged (ANSYS). Modal analysis is performed on both Aluminium and E-Glass blower to find out first five natural frequencies. Keywords: CATIA V5 R19, HYPERMESH 10, ANSYS
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