DYNAMIC ANALYSIS PUMP

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Sweco Sweco Structures AB John Brown

Gjörwellsgatan 22
Box 34044
SE 100 26 Stockholm, Sverige
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Fax +46 (0)8 6956010
www.sweco.se
Org.nr 556140-9557 Civ.Ing. Väg och Vatten
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 Summary
Three numbers of pumps are mounted on the turbine halls floors as a part of the Gorzow-
project. The pumps are – together with their steel foundation – mounted directly on the
concrete slab.
The purpose with this report is to analyze the dynamic behavior of the pumps and their
interaction with the concrete slab and the supporting soil. The dynamic behavior is both
analyzed in the ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS).
The lowest natural frequency of the dynamic system is 36 Hz, which is higher than the
permitted 31 Hz (1.25f0). Hence, no further calculations are needed.
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Sweco Sweco Structures AB John Brown

Gjörwellsgatan 22
Box 34044
SE 100 26 Stockholm, Sverige
Telefon +46 (0)8 6956000
Fax +46 (0)8 6956010
www.sweco.se
Org.nr 556140-9557
Styrelsens säte: Stockholm
Civ.Ing. Väg och Vatten
Gruppchef I3
Telefon direkt +46 (0)8 6925929
Mobil +46 (0)761 450155
john.brown@sweco.se

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 IINTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Purpose 1
1.2 Prerequisites 1
1.3 Geometry 1

2 BASIS FOR CALCULATIONS 1

2.1 Material 2
2.1.1 Concrete 2
2.1.2 Soil 2
2.2 Mass of equipment 2
2.3 Exciting frequency 2
2.4 ULS requirements 2
2.5 SLS requirements 2

3 CALCULATION MODEL 2
3.1 Soil spring 4
3.2 Calculation 1 5
3.3 Calculation 2 5

4 RESULTS, ULS 6

5 RESULTS; SLS 6
5.1 Calculation 1 6
5.2 Calculation 2 7
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 1 IINTRODUCTION
Three numbers of pumps are mounted on the turbine halls floors as a part of the Gorzow-
project. The pumps are – together with their steel foundation – mounted directly on the
concrete slab.

1.1 Purpose
The purpose with this report is to analyze the dynamic behavior of the pumps and their
interaction with the concrete slab and the supporting soil. The dynamic behavior is both
analyzed in the ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS).

1.2 Input
The input data for the analysis are listed below:
Pump together with motor and steel frame:
Drawing “Foundation Load”, provided by Xylem, no date.
Dynamic shear modulus of soil and dynamic Poisson ratio:
Document “5941_07_SCPTU_logs”, no date
Exciting frequency of motor:
E-mail, Martin Arvidsson, 2015-03-16

1.3 Geometry
Below, the placement of the pumps is shown.

Figure 1. Plan view of pump placement

2 BASIS FOR CALCULATIONS
In this section the basis for the analysis is listed.

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 2.1 Material

2.1.1 Concrete
With the calculation model used, only the density of concrete is of interest.
Density of concrete: 2500 kg/m3

2.1.2 Soil
Dynamic shear modulus: G0 = 99 MPa
Note that the lowest stiff dynamic shear modulus is chosen. This will result in a lower
natural frequency, thus providing conservative results.
Dynamic Poisson ratio: 0.35

2.2 Mass of equipment

Total weight of the pump, steel frame and motor: W t = 5371 kg

2.3 Exciting frequency

Exciting revolves per minute of motor: n = 433 – 1473 r.p.m.
Exciting frequency of motor: f0 = 7.2 – 24.6 Hz

2.4 ULS requirements

In “S-02-DE-CALCULATION REPORT- FLOOR SLAB-200MM THICK_rev02” the design
load of the concrete slab is given as 60 kN. If the design load from the pump (including
motor, steel frame and dynamic effects) is less than 60 kN, no further calculations are
needed.

2.5 SLS requirements

According to section 5.3.2 of DIN 4024 part 1, the exciting frequency of the motor should
not coincide with natural frequency of the machinery and its foundation.
The first dynamic requirement is that the natural frequency of the entire system (soil +
foundation + machinery) is with a good margin outside the resonance frequency f0 of the
exciter (motor), ie,
0,8  f 0  f n  1,25  f 0
fn → natural frequency
f0 → exciting frequency

3 CALCULATION MODEL
The calculation model is a simple one-degree-of-freedom model. It is assumed that all the
stiffness is provided by the dynamic shear modulus of the supporting soil only (i.e. no

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 bending stiffness of the continuous slab is attributed). As will be shown, all assumptions
resulting in lower natural frequencies are conservative. The soil spring supports the
masses of pumps, motors, steel frames and part of the foundation (the concrete slab).
Two cases are considered, Calculation 1 where the machinery does not interfere with
each other, shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, and Calculation 2 where the machinery
interfere with each other, shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5

Figure 2. One-degree-of-freedom model for calculation 1

The part of the foundation that contributes with mass is not evident. Thus, the area of
contributing concrete is varied as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Varying concrete slab area

Below, the calculation model when the pumps interacts with each other is shown.

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 Figure 4. One-degree-of-freedom model for calculation 2

Figure 5. Area of contributing concrete slab

3.1 Soil spring

The calculation of the soil stiffness constant is shown below.

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 Figure 6. Equivalent circular area

3.2 Calculation 1
Calculation 1 compares the exciting frequency of the motor with the natural frequency of
the dynamic system shown in Figure 2. The natural frequency is obviously given by:

1 𝑘𝑠
𝑓= ∙√
2𝜋 𝑊𝑡 + 𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑

where:
ks = soil spring (kN/m)
W t = mass of machinery
mfound = mass of contributing concrete slab

3.3 Calculation 2
Calculation 2 compares the exciting frequency with the natural frequency of the one-
degree-of-freedom model and the first bending mode of the continuous beam supported
by distributed springs as shown in Figure 4.
The natural frequency of the one-degree-of-freedom system is given by:

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 4 RESULTS, ULS
The total weight of the pump is 5371 kg or 53 kN, which is less than the load capacity
given by “S-02-DE-CALCULATION REPORT- FLOOR SLAB-200MM THICK_rev02.
Further, loads from the machinery are transformed into linear loads due to the steel
frame. Hence, no further calculations are required. As will be shown in section 5 no
dynamic effects due to the pump are expected.

5 RESULTS; SLS

5.1 Calculation 1
Below, the natural frequency is plotted against the varying contributing area of the
concrete slab.

Figure 7. Natural frequency

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 It is evident that the area of the contributing slab does not affect the natural frequency of
the dynamic system to a significant extent. Further, the natural frequency is 25 % higher
than the exciting frequency of the motor.

5.2 Calculation 2
As the contributing concrete slab is not varied for this case, only one natural frequency is
given:

The lowest natural frequency permitted without performing a response analysis is:
25𝐻𝑧 ∙ 1.25 = 31.25 𝐻𝑧

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