Construction and operation of the VPI & SU high-speed turbomachinery test facility

Work related to the continued development of the VPI&SU highspeed turbomachinery test facility is reported. Fuel, lubrication and hydraulic systems have been designed to meet the requirements of the drive engine (a free power turbine gas turbine engine) and the test compressor. An overspeed system for monitoring and control of the engine's free power turbine speed has been designed and successfully tested and operating procedures for the test cell systems were established. A vibration analysis was conducted to check for torsional resonances within the operating ranges of several drive train configurations. Also, a noise control system has been proposed to deal with noise levels generated during testing.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1975

Author dc:creator

• Jones, Ralph Raymond

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10919/123685

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/123685