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In this paper the damping capability of piezoelectric shunting is analysed for bladings. Beside the broadly used inductance-resistance networks, negative capacitance techniques are considered. For the validation of the theoretic results, a test rig with a model of a bladed disk with eight blades has been manufactured and equipped with two collocated piezoceramics at each blade. One of the piezoceramics is used as an actuator for an engine order excitation. The second piezoceramics is used for shunt damping. The experimental results of the test rig are compared with numerical results. Therefore, the structure and the piezoceramics are modeled in a finite element program. The modal excitation forces of the piezoelectric actuators are derived for all modes of the structure by a static analysis with a specific voltage applied to the piezoceramics. In addition, using the modal displacement field of the static analysis the modal excitation forces can be calculated. Furthermore, the number of degrees of freedom of the system is reduced by a modal reduction technique. The electrical behavior of the piezoceramics connected to each blade is modeled by one degree of freedom and coupled with the mechanical system described above. The different damping concepts are compared with respect of their effectiveness.

This paper deals with a new damping concept for turbine blade vibrations utilizing piezoelectric material. A passive piezo damper consists of a piezoelectric element and a passive electric network connected to its electrodes. The damping performance depends on the size and location of the piezoelectric element with respect to the mode shape of the mechanical strain. Numerical and experimental investigations are carried out on a rigidly clamped simplified compressor blade at stand still and ambient conditions. An optimization process incorporating electromechanical finite element calculations determines the optimal position of the piezo damper in regard to the mode shape of interest. By applying the computed and measured Frequency Response Functions, the damping performance with and without piezo-damper are compared and referred to the measured material damping. The obtained numerical results are in very good agreement with the measured data, leading to a promising damping performance in real application.

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