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CRITICAL SPEED QUESTION ANSWERS CLASS NOTES

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CRITICAL SPEED QUESTION

ANSWERS CLASS NOTES

 

Critical speed is the rotational speed

which is equal to the numerical value

of the natural frequency of vibration.

Then rotational speed and natural

frequency are in resonance. At this speed,

a rotating shaft becomes dynamically

unstable with large lateral amplitudes of

vibration due to resonance. Critical

speed is applicable to rotating

machinery such as a shaft, gear,

propeller or a lead screw. It is also

called as whirling speed or whipping

speed or potentially destructive

rotational speed.

CRITICAL SPEED

All shafts act as beams (simply supported or cantilevers) when stationary. All beams deflect with or without external loads. Thus rotating shafts will also deflect during rotation. The deflection causes unbalancing of the mass of the shaft & mass of the pulleys mounted. The unbalanced mass of the rotating object causes vibration. These vibrations increase with the increase of shaft speed of rotation. The rotational speed becomes numerically equal to the natural frequency of vibration. That speed is the critical speed.

Factors on which critical speed depends

(i) Type of support (simply supported or cantilever type)
(ii) Length of the shaft
(iii) Diameter of the shaft
(iv) Stiffness of the shaft
(v) Mass of shaft
(vi) Other masses mounted on the shaft
(vii) Magnitude of deflection
(viii) Magnitude of unbalance of the masses with respect to the axis of rotation
(ix) Type and the amount of damping available in the system

It is absolutely necessary to calculate the critical speed of a rotating shaft to avoid excessive noise and vibration.

Calculation of the critical speed (Nc)

 calculating the critical speed requires  natural frequency. There are two methods to calculate the natural frequency of vibration i.e. Rayleigh- Ritz method (slightly overestimates) and Dun Kerley’s method (slightly underestimates).  For any orientation of the shaft, use Rayleigh–Ritz equation.

Natural frequency, f = critical speed (Nc)
Natural frequency f = Nc = (30/ π) (g / δst)0.5
g = acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s2)
δst = Shaft vertical static deflection when placed horizontally
Nc is in RPM

NOTE: As rotational speed increase, δst also increase and hence natural frequency also change. However some value of rotational speed becomes equal in magnitude to the natural frequency of vibration. This rotational speed is the Critical Speed. At this speed, shaft may come out of the bearing. Avoid critical speed It at all costs.
From actual practice and experience, there is a suggestion. That the maximum operating speed should not exceed 75% of the critical speed.

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