Applications of Time-Frequency Analysis to Structures With Internal Resonance

Author(s):  
Kyle D. Dippery ◽  
Suzanne Weaver Smith

Abstract Time-frequency analysis is an approach to characterizing the nature of signals whose frequency content changes over time. Although the primary applications of this field have, to date, been in the area of communications and signal analysis, it is becoming known in the field of structural dynamics. This paper explores the application of two straightforward time-frequency techniques to several structures that exhibit internal resonance. In particular, the systems analyzed exhibit simple modal interactions and, in one case, a transition to chaos. While other methods exist for analysis of these types of behaviors, larger systems with more complex resonances maybe better analyzed with time-frequency techniques.

2011 ◽  
Vol 204-210 ◽  
pp. 973-978
Author(s):  
Qiang Guo ◽  
Ya Jun Li ◽  
Chang Hong Wang

To effectively detect and recognize multi-component Linear Frequency-Modulated (LFM) emitter signals, a multi-component LFM emitter signal analysis method based on the complex Independent Component Analysis(ICA) which was combined with the Fractional Fourier Transform(FRFT) was proposed. The idea which was adopted to this method was the time-domain separation and then time-frequency analysis, and in the low SNR cases, the problem which is generally plagued by noised of feature extraction of multi-component LFM signal based on FRFT is overcame. Compared to the traditional method of time-frequency analysis, the computer simulation results show that the proposed method for the multi-component LFM signal separation and feature extraction was better.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Majkowski ◽  
Marcin Kołodziej ◽  
Remigiusz J. Rak

Abstract A traditional frequency analysis is not appropriate for observation of properties of non-stationary signals. This stems from the fact that the time resolution is not defined in the Fourier spectrum. Thus, there is a need for methods implementing joint time-frequency analysis (t/f) algorithms. Practical aspects of some representative methods of time-frequency analysis, including Short Time Fourier Transform, Gabor Transform, Wigner-Ville Transform and Cone-Shaped Transform are described in this paper. Unfortunately, there is no correlation between the width of the time-frequency window and its frequency content in the t/f analysis. This property is not valid in the case of a wavelet transform. A wavelet is a wave-like oscillation, which forms its own “wavelet window”. Compression of the wavelet narrows the window, and vice versa. Individual wavelet functions are well localized in time and simultaneously in scale (the equivalent of frequency). The wavelet analysis owes its effectiveness to the pyramid algorithm described by Mallat, which enables fast decomposition of a signal into wavelet components.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Emmanuel Aguera ◽  
Karim Jerbi ◽  
Anne Caclin ◽  
Olivier Bertrand

The recent surge in computational power has led to extensive methodological developments and advanced signal processing techniques that play a pivotal role in neuroscience. In particular, the field of brain signal analysis has witnessed a strong trend towards multidimensional analysis of large data sets, for example, single-trial time-frequency analysis of high spatiotemporal resolution recordings. Here, we describe the freely available ELAN software package which provides a wide range of signal analysis tools for electrophysiological data including scalp electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), intracranial EEG, and local field potentials (LFPs). The ELAN toolbox is based on 25 years of methodological developments at the Brain Dynamics and Cognition Laboratory in Lyon and was used in many papers including the very first studies of time-frequency analysis of EEG data exploring evoked and induced oscillatory activities in humans. This paper provides an overview of the concepts and functionalities of ELAN, highlights its specificities, and describes its complementarity and interoperability with other toolboxes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 4009-4013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Xing ◽  
Wei Gang Zhu ◽  
Yuan Bo ◽  
Kang Wang

Faced with complex electromagnetic environment and varieties of adaptive radar waveforms, radar signal analysis and identification becomes more and more complex. Considering two important physical quantities - time and frequency in modern signal processing methods, this paper proposes that the joint time-frequency analysis (JTFA) method based on fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) and short-time Fourier transform (STFT) is applied to adaptive radar signal processing. The simulation results show that the joint time-frequency analysis method is superior to single short-time Fourier transform, getting a better analysis of results. The joint time-frequency analysis method provides the joint distribution of the time domain and frequency domain for adaptive radar signal analysis and describes the relationship between signal frequency and time.


1997 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatake Kawada ◽  
Masakazu Wada ◽  
Zen-Ichiro Kawasaki ◽  
Kenji Matsu-ura ◽  
Makoto Kawasaki

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