Study of running engines inertial and gyroscopic properties influence on the dynamic system engine – pylon – wing structural capabilities

Abstract

A modern large-sized aircraft dynamic properties analysis, determined by the specificity of its layout scheme, demonstrates that the engines on under the wing elastic pylons lightly damped oscillations cause a number of undesirable phenomena, including intense accumulation of fatigue damage of the pylon-to-the-wing attachment, in fact in the area of engine installation in the pylon and the wing. The results of theoretical and experimental research show that with some engine attachment to the pylon structural modification it becomes possible to use the engines inertial and gyroscopic properties to absorb these oscillations. In this case, the motor tones damping coefficients increase by an order of magnitude or even more, so the gyroscopic coupling of elastic vibration tones is realized. With the rational choice of the additional parameters of elastic and dissipative bonds in the engine attachments it is possible to affect the aircraft wing and engines aero elastic vibrations effectively, which has a significant effect on the aircraft elements structural capabilities. A mathematical model of aero elasticity (MMAE) with respect to the kinetic moment of the engine rotors and specially designed units for attaching the engines to the pylons was developed in order to study the influence and the selection of rational elastic-dissipative parameters of the pylons-under-the-wing aircraft engine mounts. The method of predetermined basic forms is used for the aircraft with running engines on the pylons MMAE synthesis. The given forms are considered as the aircraft basic structure forms natural vibrations in the void. This work treats the engine nacelle and the rotor as absolutely rigid bodies, the elasticity of the rotor to the nacelle attachment is neglected. The pylon is modeled by an elastic beam, and the elastic and dissipative properties of the pylon-to-the-wing and the engine-to-the-pylon attachments are correspondingly by elastic-dissipative bonds. Schematic diagrams of the engine to the pylon attachments are proposed. The results of the study devoted to the influence of the proposed attachment points modifications on the load and integral strength characteristics of the main structural elements of the engine – pylon – wing dynamic system on the example of an An-124 aircraft are presented. The practical implementation of the proposed solutions aimed to reduce the level of fatigue damage to structural elements of the aircraft feasibility is proved.