Research Article

Kriging Metamodeling in Rotordynamics: Application for Predicting Critical Speeds and Vibrations of a Flexible Rotor

Table 3

Variability intervals of input parameters.

Parameters Variability intervals

Thickness of the 1st disk ()
Thickness of the 2nd disk ()
Thickness of the 3rd disk ()
Thickness of the 4th disk ()
Young’s modulus of the rotor shaft (Pa or Nm−2)
Vertical bearing stiffness of the first support (Nm−1)
Horizontal bearing stiffness of the first support (Nm−1)