A Study of Finite Element Modeling Method for Load-Bearing Compressor Stator Vanes

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This paper selects a load-bearing stage of an aeroengine compressor stator as study object to describe the model simplification method. Based on the criterion of cross section equivalence, the stator vanes are simplified into three versions of rectangular beams with variable cross section, using eight sections, four sections, and two sections respectively, to set up finite element model of the structure. Natural frequencies of the three simplified models are calculated and the results are compared with that of the original model. Comparison results show that the largest calculation errors of the first 10 natural frequencies using the three simplified models are-3.22%, -4.97% and-5.38%, respectively, but with this method, the model scale and computing time reduce significantly down to 3-4%, and 1-2% of the original model. The result shows that, the proposed method is applicable to relevant practical engineering.

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