- Success story
- Power generation
Structural and vibration analysis of a generator casing
A 1500 kVA generator casing must survive running loads and being lifted. We checked both, and its vibration.
- Sector
- Power generation
- Type of analysis
- Structural analysis ยท Vibration
- Delivered from
- Bengaluru and Pune, India
The challenge
The casing of a 1500 kVA generator carries its own operating loads and the loads of being lifted into place. The team needed it checked for static and dynamic loading, and for vibration.
What we did
- Prepared a finite element model of the generator casing.
- Ran structural analysis for static and dynamic loading conditions.
- Analysed normal operating loads and lifting loads.
- Carried out modal analysis, identified the bottlenecks and optimised.
The outcome
The casing was assessed for operating and lifting loads and for vibration, and the bottlenecks found were removed to reach an optimised design.
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