Flutter mitigation of turbofan blades using viscoelastic patches

Manayil Santhosh, B. and Tufekci, M. and Salles, L. and Scarpa, F. and Yuan, J. (2022) Flutter mitigation of turbofan blades using viscoelastic patches. In: Proceedings of ISMA 2022 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2022 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics, 2022-09-12 - 2022-09-14, Leuven Belgium.

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Abstract

Flutter as a self-feeding aeroelastic instability presents one of the biggest challenges in aero-engine designsto improve its aerodynamic and structural performance. This work presents a detailed feasibility study ofusing different viscoelastic patches as Constrained Layer Damping (CLD) enhancement for an aero-enginefan blade to reduce potential flutter risks. The static and dynamic responses of the different materials andconfigurations (thicknesses, layers and locations) are evaluated on both cruise and take-off/landingconditions. It is found that a double bi-layer 3M® ISD110 is the optimal choice of material for the CLDtreatment for the fan blade. The study also shows that an optimal CLD treatment of 15 % total surface areaof the blade at the root demonstrated a 36 % reduction in resonance amplitudes across the first six modes.

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Manayil Santhosh, B., Tufekci, M., Salles, L., Scarpa, F. and Yuan, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-8789;
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