Squeeze film damper assembly for a turbine engine
AssigneeGeneral Electic Company
InventorsRavindra Shankar Ganiger, Dinesh Rakwal, Bugra H. Ertas, Surender Reddy Bhavanam
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AssigneeGeneral Electic Company
InventorsRavindra Shankar Ganiger, Dinesh Rakwal, Bugra H. Ertas, Surender Reddy Bhavanam
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A squeeze film damper assembly for a turbine engine includes an annular bearing support and an annular damper housing. The annular bearing support includes an inner support segment and an outer support segment located radially outward of the inner support segment. The inner support segment and the outer support segment are spaced apart to define a support channel therebetween. The annular damper housing is at least partially received in the support channel to define an inner damping chamber and an outer damping chamber, the inner damping chamber being radially inward of the outer damping chamber, the inner damping chamber and the outer damping chamber each capable of being filled with an amount of lubricant to provide a squeeze film damper at the inner damping chamber, the outer damping chamber, or both.
A squeeze film damper assembly for a turbine engine, the squeeze film damper assembly comprising:
A method of damping vibrations of a rotating component of a turbine engine, the method comprising:
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