Acoustic noise and vibration of rotating electric machines

1968 ◽  
Vol 115 (11) ◽  
pp. 1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Ellison ◽  
C.J. Moore
Author(s):  
Steve C. Southward ◽  
Douglas E. Ivers ◽  
Geoff C. Nicholson

Abstract Active Noise and Vibration Control (ANVC) technology is a proven solution for noise and vibration problems in aircraft. The challenges in commercializing this solution range from the development issues of choosing the best actuation, sensor, and control technology to obtaining sufficient flight test time and satisfying FAA requirements. This paper examines significant case histories in the progression of the Lord active vibration control program from conception to market. Throughout the development program, several important discoveries were made regarding the performance, reliability, and economics of Active Isolation Systems (AIS) in jet aircraft. First, practical speaker-based solutions cannot achieve global acoustic noise cancellation for engine tones above about 200 Hz. A comparatively small array of structural actuators placed in the dominant transmission path, such as in or near the engine mounts, are capable of global cancellation in the cabin up to at least 500 Hz. Second, the performance is generally better when cabin microphones are used as error sensor inputs because the AIS control system can compensate for flanking paths better than if accelerometers are used as error sensors. Third, when the actuators are placed in the dominant transmission path and close to the vibration source, the control system will simultaneously achieve global acoustic noise reduction in the cabin and vibration reduction in the aircraft structure without affecting the engine casing vibration levels.


2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (6) ◽  
pp. 227-235
Author(s):  
Mitchell Marks

Torque ripple in electric machines can create both noise and vibration. While torque ripple is often well understood theoretically, it is much more difficult to accurately predict and measure. Often torque ripple is measured as a function of magnets and slot interaction at extremely low speed, but this can only be extrapolated to understand its implications for noise and vibration and is not useful for understanding torque response during dynamic scenarios like a change in load. The slow speed method of measurement also neglects possible switching effects on the torque profile. This paper will explore challenges in measuring the different sources of torque ripple and give an alternative method to measure torque ripple at higher speeds and also dynamically. This will include best practices and examples.


1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Paul Heaton ◽  
Jeffrey Czuchna

The MERIT program, funded by the USAF Wright Laboratory, addresses the need for improved early definition of equipment environmental life cycle profiles. A computer system has been developed as a stool to aid engineers in defining all activities during an equipment item's life and the environments which the equipment will experience during those activities. The system will predict environments using embedded engineering algorithms (i.e., models). The current focus of MERIT is external stores (missiles, pods, bombs) carried by fighter/attack aircraft. This paper describes predictive models for captive flight acoustic noise and vibration environments during aircraft straight and level flight. Results of predictions provide a more detailed representation of measured flight data than that possible in MIL-STD-810E.


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