Apparatus and method for suspending a stator core of an electric generator

A method of suspending a ring-shaped or tube-shaped stator core (100) in an electric generator upon a foundation (206), wherein natural modes of vibration are excited in the stator core during operation, including a known second vibration mode with four circumferentially distributed loops (L1) and four nodes (N1) being displaced 45 degrees from the loops (L1), and a known third vibration mode with four loops (L2) and four nodes (N2) displaced 45 degrees in relation to the loops (L1) and nodes (N1) of the second vibration mode, characterised by the steps of:

• connecting a yoke (208) to the foundation (206) by means of a non-rigid connection (212), and
• connecting the yoke to the stator core at connection points (210a,b) on opposite sides of the non-rigid connection (212) by means of two connection members, wherein the two connection points (210a,b) are located on the stator core substantially at two adjacent loops of one of the second and third vibration modes, such that radial deflections of the stator core at the respective connection points are transferred into a rocking movement of the yoke (208) around the non-rigid connection (212).