Coal Mill Foundation – A Finite Element Approach for Study of Dynamic Analysis

Nulu Reddeppa; Bommireddy Jayarami Reddy; Hanchate Sudarsana Rao

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Coal Mill Foundation – A Finite Element Approach for Study of Dynamic Analysis

Nulu Reddeppa, Bommireddy Jayarami Reddy, Hanchate Sudarsana Rao

Published in Engineering Science (Volume 6, Issue 4)

Received: 20 November 2021 Accepted: 14 December 2021 Published: 29 December 2021

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In general coal mill foundation consist of a block foundation with heavy concrete mass. Its dynamic behavior is studied using Barkan’s¹ method by most of the engineering practitioners. Foundation is generally sized such that the foundation mass is about more than three times the mass of the equipment using the empirical guidelines. This method has limitations in providing wholistic details of foundation behavior like transient stage deformations and response for the exited forces, foundation response at specific areas/nodes of the foundation etc. Also, this method has got limitation in mode shapes. This method can provide only fundamental mode shapes. That is in three linear directions and three rotational directions. But in practical, Mode shapes exist with coupled directions with appropriate mass participations over and above the fundamental directions. In this study a three-dimensional Finite Element Model is used to study coal mill foundation dynamic response and it’s behavior. This approach plugs all the limitations of Barkan’s method. ANSYS software is used for modeling the foundation with three-dimensional Finite Elements. Appropriate soil structure interaction is resembled with suitable elements available in ANSYS element library. Dynamic forces from coal mill, gear box and motor which act at different frequencies and at different planes are applied on the model at appropriate nodes. Natural frequencies of the foundation system and displacement amplitudes from the forced vibration analysis are obtained using the above model. Mode shapes of the various modes are plotted. Foundation response for equipment startup and shut down conditions (transient stages) are studied by plotting displacement amplitudes w.r.t frequency variation.

Published in	Engineering Science (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.es.20210604.14
Page(s)	82-99
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Coal Mill Foundation, Free Vibration Analysis, Block Foundation, Forced Vibration Analysis, ANSYS, Modes

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Nulu Reddeppa; Bommireddy Jayarami Reddy; Hanchate Sudarsana Rao. Coal Mill Foundation – A Finite Element Approach for Study of Dynamic Analysis. Eng. Sci. 2021, 6(4), 82-99. doi: 10.11648/j.es.20210604.14

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Nulu Reddeppa, Bommireddy Jayarami Reddy, Hanchate Sudarsana Rao. Coal Mill Foundation – A Finite Element Approach for Study of Dynamic Analysis. Eng Sci. 2021;6(4):82-99. doi: 10.11648/j.es.20210604.14

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Nulu Reddeppa

Department of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapuramu, India
Bommireddy Jayarami Reddy

Directorate of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Ongole, India
Hanchate Sudarsana Rao

Department of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapuramu, India

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  abstract = {In general coal mill foundation consist of a block foundation with heavy concrete mass. Its dynamic behavior is studied using Barkan’s1 method by most of the engineering practitioners. Foundation is generally sized such that the foundation mass is about more than three times the mass of the equipment using the empirical guidelines. This method has limitations in providing wholistic details of foundation behavior like transient stage deformations and response for the exited forces, foundation response at specific areas/nodes of the foundation etc. Also, this method has got limitation in mode shapes. This method can provide only fundamental mode shapes. That is in three linear directions and three rotational directions. But in practical, Mode shapes exist with coupled directions with appropriate mass participations over and above the fundamental directions. In this study a three-dimensional Finite Element Model is used to study coal mill foundation dynamic response and it’s behavior. This approach plugs all the limitations of Barkan’s method. ANSYS software is used for modeling the foundation with three-dimensional Finite Elements. Appropriate soil structure interaction is resembled with suitable elements available in ANSYS element library. Dynamic forces from coal mill, gear box and motor which act at different frequencies and at different planes are applied on the model at appropriate nodes. Natural frequencies of the foundation system and displacement amplitudes from the forced vibration analysis are obtained using the above model. Mode shapes of the various modes are plotted. Foundation response for equipment startup and shut down conditions (transient stages) are studied by plotting displacement amplitudes w.r.t frequency variation.},
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