What is the moment of inertia and bearing friction of a rotating turbine?

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The discussion revolves around calculating the moment of inertia and bearing friction of a rotating turbine. The original poster describes a scenario where a turbine accelerates to 60 rpm from rest and continues to rotate after the force is removed, providing specific values for torque, acceleration, and deceleration.

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  • Participants explore the relationship between torque, moment of inertia, and angular acceleration using relevant formulas. Some express difficulty in reaching the expected answer and question the assumptions regarding constant acceleration and friction.

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Participants note potential complications due to friction not being constant and question the validity of the provided acceleration and deceleration values in the context of the problem.

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Moment of inertia problem...please help !

Hi,
I have been sat in front of this computer all day trying to work this problem out.

A turbine rota accelerates to 60rpm from rest in 9 revs then the force is removed and it continues to rotate for a further 20 revolutions.

Basically I know the torque is 260Nm
I know the acceleration is 0.35 rads/s^2
I know the deceleration is 0.16 rads/s^2

I need to find the moment of inertia in kgm^2

And i need to find the bearing friction in Nm

Please help, think my head is going to explode
 
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Did you try just use this formula

[tex]\tau=I\alpha[/tex]

where [tex]\tau[/tex] is torque and [tex]\alpha[/tex] is angular acceleration.
 
What i didnt explain is I know the answer is 509.8Kgm^2 and I can't get anywere near it with any equation
 
I don't know,but I also cannot get the answer.

Here's the my solution.

[tex]\tau_f=I\frac{d\omega}{dt}=I\frac{d\omega}{dt}\frac{d\theta}{d\theta}[/tex]

[tex]\int_{0}^{20\times 2\pi}d\theta\tau_f=I\int_{0}^{1 rad/s}\omega d\omega[/tex]

[tex]40\pi \tau_f=I\frac{\omega^2}{2}[/tex]

when we have [tex]\tau_0=260 Nm[/tex]

[tex]\tau_0-\tau_f=I\frac{d\omega}{dt}\frac{d\theta}{d\theta}[/tex]

[tex]d\theta(\tau_0-\tau_f)=I\omega d\omega[/tex]

[tex]9\times 2\pi\left(\tau_0-\frac{\omega^2}{80\pi}\right)=I\frac{\omega^2}{2}[/tex]

[tex]I=\frac{18\pi\tau_0}{\frac{\omega^2}{2}+\frac{9\omega^2}{40}}[/tex]
 
ermm at a glance
torque=I*alpha + friction*omega

if it max's out at 60rpm (2pi rads/s) then alpha is 0
so 260nm=friction* 2pi

friction= 260/2pi nm/rad/s ? roughly 40nm/rad/s ??
dunno if that's any help?
 
also when you say that

Basically I know the torque is 260Nm
I know the acceleration is 0.35 rads/s^2
I know the deceleration is 0.16 rads/s^2

i'm pretty sure that the acc/deelertaion is NOT constant if you have friction which is usually proportional to velocity
 
also, i don't know how to do that fancy maths typing!
but

using o for theta
w for omega

T=I*Alpha +D*w

T=I*(d2o/dt2)+D(do/dt)

in laplace(if you know it?)

T=Ios^2 + Dos

lol i should really have put this allin one post, i'll look at it again if I've time later!

also its
i have been sitting,
and a turbine rotar
 
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