TITLE:
Analysis on the Effects of Cut-Outs in Hollow Inconel 718 Gas Turbine Shafts
AUTHORS:
Kaushik V. Prasad, Karthik Nagendra, Hiriyannaiah Adarsha, Abhijeeth Nagaraj, Venkatachar Ravinarayan, Venkatesh Sandeep, Madihalli Kenchappa Ranganatha Swamy
KEYWORDS:
Static Analysis, Crack Propagation, Non Linear Analysis, Stress Concentration, Square Cutouts
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.8 No.7,
July
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: Gasturbines are provided with cut-outs for minimizing vibrations. Round cut-outs are usually favored but there are various designs which offer
more advantages over the circular shape. The objective of this work was to
compare stress reduction during the induced vibration in the hollow gas
turbine shafts by introducing different cut-outs. Round, square and elliptical cut-outs under different orientations were compared. It
is observed that a square cutout at 45°orientation has the least stress concentration.
This is due to the effective orientation of plastic strains along the principal
axis.