Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs presents the purpose and development processes for test apparatuses built for Research & Development in machinery technology and product development. Each R & D apparatus is the focus of an entire chapter, with fifteen detailed case studies included from mechanical, aerospace, chemical and biomedical engineering. Specific machinery components covered include bearings, seals, power plant pumps, rotors, turbines and compressors. Machinery condition monitoring and product development processes have been integrated. The specific purpose and results for each test rig are comprehensively presented and explained.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Radial and Axial Rotor Force Design Technology
Chapter 2 : Table-Top Rigs : Bently-Nevada Rotor Kit and Automatic 2-Plane Rotor Balancing
Chapter 3 : Large Steam Turbine Generator Turning-Gear Slow-Roll Journal
Chapter 4 : Bearing Load Capacity
Chapter 5 : Journal Bearing and Seal Rotor Dynamics
Chapter 6 : Model-Based Condition Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Pumps
Chapter 7 : Pumping Fluid-Solid-Particle Mixtures
Chapter 8 : Ohio State Gas Turbine Lab
Chapter 9 : Swiss Federal Institute Cavitation Research Facility at EPFL Lausanne
Chapter 10 : Swiss Federal Institute Turbomachinery Lab at ETH Zurich
Chapter 11 : Axial Location and Size of Progressing Shaft Cracks
Chapter 12 : State University Wind Turbine Tower
Chapter 13 : Compressor Refrigerant-Oil Separation Seal Development
Chapter 14 : Combined-Impeller Turbine-Driven Pump
Chapter 15 : Water-Lubricated High-Speed Bearings
Chapter 16 : Aircraft Engine Compressor Blade Tip Rubs
Chapter 17 : Centerless Grinder Inside-Out Pivoted-Pad Bearing
Chapter 18 : MIT Gas Turbine Lab
Chapter 19 : Texas A & M Turbo Lab
Chapter 20 : University of Akron Bearing and Seal Lab
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