... in the rotor was simulated by a real fatigue crack, instead of a narrow slot. It can be seen from the orbit and spectrum of the rotor’s center that the effect of the crack becomes obvious only if the crack is deep enough. The experimental result conforms to theoretical analysis very well. 17 08 2003...

... control has focused on reduction of peak stresses to increase structural durability. This paper presents a novel concept that takes advantage of the physical phenomenon of fatigue crack retardation. Overload pulses are intermittently injected into the plant as a feedforward signal through the actuator(s...