Rigid-flexible coupling modeling of the dual-rotor system for aero-engine

Abstract

The dual-rotor system is the core component of advanced aero-engine. Establishing a reasonable, accurate, and efficient dynamics model is the key to studying the dynamics and vibration of the rotor system for aero-engine. This manuscript takes a representative aircraft engine dual-rotor system as a prototype, considers the rig-id-flexible coupling characteristics of different stiffness elastic supports and rotor structures, and establishes an analytical dynamic model of the dual-rotor system. Based on the established dynamic model, the natural char-acteristics of the dual-rotor system are analyzed. The model was validated using two different research methods: the rigid-flexible coupling multi-body system dynamics simulation platform ADAMS, and finite element analy-sis. The dynamic model of the dual-rotor system established in this paper can meet the requirements of hierar-chical rigid-flexible coupling of system and structure, overall mass distribution, and stiffness distribution. In particular, it can also effectively realize the simulation of multi-facet and multi-phase unbalanced vibration of the rotor system. The research methods of this paper can further enrich the basic theory of dynamics and vibration of the aero-engine rotor system.