Dynamic characteristics of nonlinear vibration isolator for gas turbine

Abstract In this study, a theoretical model of the vibration isolation system of the gas turbine is developed and numerically solved. A simplified finite element (FE) model was also established to determine the response under the shock load. The results of the FE model are used to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical model and the numerical solution. The influence of isolator stiffness, vibration isolator damping, and vibration isolator nonlinear stiffness coefficient on the shock response of the vibration isolation system is studied using the controlled‐variable method. These parameters (stiffness, damping, and nonlinear coefficient) enter into the shock resistance design of gas turbine vibration isolators.