Experimental Modal Analysis of Rotating Disk Systems

Author(s):  
Horst Irretier ◽  
Frank Reuter

Abstract A completely non-contact testing technique is presented to perform experimental modal analysis on rotating disk systems to identify modal parameters as eigenfrequencies, modal damping ratios and mode shapes due to rotation. Theoretical frequency response functions of rotating structures are presented which form the basis of the modal analysis. Experimental results of a rotating circular disk and a rotating radial impeller are presented and the influence of rotation on the modal parameters due to centrifugal, gyroscopic and aerodynamic effects is shown.

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa B. Skrodzka ◽  
Bogumił B.J. Linde ◽  
Antoni Krupa

Abstract Experimental modal analysis of a violin with three different tensions of a bass bar has been performed. The bass bar tension is the only intentionally introduced modification of the instrument. The aim of the study was to find differences and similarities between top plate modal parameters determined by a bass bar perfectly fitting the shape of the top plate, the bass bar with a tension usually applied by luthiers (normal), and the tension higher than the normal value. In the modal analysis four signature modes are taken into account. Bass bar tension does not change the sequence of mode shapes. Changes in modal damping are insignificant. An increase in bass bar tension causes an increase in modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) and does not change the frequencies of modes CBR and B(1-).


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siva Sankara Babu Chinka ◽  
Balakrishna Adavi ◽  
Srinivasa Rao Putti

In this paper, the dynamic behavior of a cantilever beam without and with crack is observed. An elastic Aluminum cantilever beams having surface crack at various crack positions are considered to analyze dynamically. Crack depth, crack length and crack location are the foremost parameters for describing the health condition of beam in terms of modal parameters such as natural frequency, mode shape and damping ratio. It is crucial to study the influence of crack depth and crack location on modal parameters of the beam for the decent performance and its safety. Crack or damage of structure causes a reduction in stiffness, an intrinsic reduction in resonant frequencies, variation of damping ratios and mode shapes. The broad examination of cantilever beam without crack and with crack has been done using Numerical analysis (Ansys18.0) and experimental modal analysis. To observe the exact higher modes of beam, discretize the beam into small elements. An experimental set up was established for cantilever beam having crack and it was excited by an impact hammer and finally the response was obtained using PCB accelerometer with the help sound and vibration toolkit of NI Lab-view. After obtaining the Frequency response functions (FRFs), the natural frequencies of beam are estimated using peak search method. The effectiveness of experimental modal analysis in terms of natural frequency is validated with numerical analysis results. This paper contains the study of free vibration analysis under the influence of crack at different points along the length of the beam.


Author(s):  
Erdi Gülbahçe ◽  
Mehmet Çelik

In this article, a new roving inertial shaker method approach, using an inertial shaker, is presented to obtain a steel plate’s modal parameters with bolt connections on four sides. It aimed to emphasize the superiority of the proposed roving shaker approach over the classical, traditional hammer method on the plate-like structures. The frequency response functions (FRF), obtained from both methods, are investigated using the stabilization diagram, and the superiority of the roving shaker method is presented based on high stabilization and detecting more modes. The accelerometer’s position effect on experimental modal analysis (EMA) is investigated in the roving shaker method, which is performed using accelerometers in two different places, and obtained modal parameters are compared with experimental modal analysis validation methods. Accordingly, the results for the two separate locations are very close to each other. Finally, the experimental and numerical results are investigated according to the TEST/FEA correlation for the traditional roving hammer method and the roving shaker method. As a result, the roving shaker approach gives a better result according to the TEST/FEA correlation success than the roving hammer test. In conclusion, the high stabilization, high TEST/FEA correlation rate, and the number of modes show the roving shaker approach’s superiority.


1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-368
Author(s):  
H. A. Nied

A modal analysis was conducted on gas turbine buckets using a digital Fourier analyzer. This digital test/computer system measures a set of frequency response functions for broadband impulse excitation at successive locations on the bucket airfoil. From the set of frequency response functions, the analyzer computes the modal parameters used to determine the natural frequencies, critical damping ratio and mode shapes of the turbine buckets. An animated display of the mode shapes for a discrete experimental model graphically revealed compound modes due to coupling. The test has shown that the digital modal analysis using the impulse excitation technique is a rapid and precise experimental method to determine the modal parameters of turbine buckets with a high degree of repeatability.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Mania ◽  
Ewa Fabisiak ◽  
Ewa Skrodzka

AbstractResults of experimental modal analysis of a resonance and non-resonance spruce wood (Picea abies L.) are presented. The resonance wood came from a tree from Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the non-resonance wood came from the vicinity of Olsztyn from the north-eastern Poland. The modal parameters (modal frequency, modal damping and mode shapes) of the wood samples were determined for the samples of 8 mm in thickness. Modal analysis was made by pulse excitation. The resonance and non-resonance wood differ in the fundamental modal parameters as well as in the number of potential modes. Additionally, calculated values of damping factor are presented. The values are much bigger for a non-resonance wood than for good quality resonance spruce.


2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 2423-2426
Author(s):  
Lian Wan Zhang ◽  
Zhong Jun Yin ◽  
Bing Chen ◽  
Zhi Chao Tang ◽  
Zheng Tian

The LMS Test.Lab system was used to carried out experimental modal analysis of large vibratory feeder, the PloyMAX method was employed to estimate and identify the modal parameter of vibratory feeder and the modal parameters such as modal frequencies, modal damping ratios and mode shape at concerned band were got; Compared the results of experimental modal analysis to the results of finite element method, the results show that the experimental modal analysis and finite element analysis was consistent to some extent, verified the correctness of finite element model; the bias between experimental and theoretical is inevitable, the experimental results are more reliable relative to the actual and better reflect the dynamic characteristics of vibratory feeder, which will be provided as the reference for dynamic design and dynamic improvement of the vibratory feeder.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Wilson ◽  
D. B. Bogy

An experimental modal analysis system, which has been shown to be effective in the study of small structures, is utilized to analyze the interaction of the disk and the suspension assembly in a computer disk drive. A thorough understanding of the interaction of these structures is obtained by determining the modal parameters for each of the components in an uncoupled state and in a coupled state with the disk both stationary and rotating. It is shown that when a natural frequency of the suspension is close to that of the disk, two system resonant frequencies are created when the components are coupled together.


2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa B. Skrodzka ◽  
Bogumił B.J. Linde ◽  
Antoni Krupa

Abstract Two violins were investigated. The only intentionally introduced difference between them was the type of varnish. One of the instruments was covered with a spirit varnish, the other was oil varnished. Experimental modal analysis was done for unvarnished/varnished violins and a questionnaire inquiry on the instrument’s sound quality was performed. The aim of both examinations was to find differences and similarities between the two instruments in the objective (modal parameters) and subjective domain (subjective evaluation of sound quality). In the modal analysis, three strongly radiating signature modes were taken into account. Varnishing did not change the sequence of mode shapes. Modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) were not changed by oil varnishing compared to the unvarnished condition. For the oil varnished instrument, the frequency of mode B(1+) was lower than that of the same mode of the spirit varnished instrument. Our two violins were not excellent instruments, but before varnishing they were practically identical. However, after varnishing it appeared that the oil-varnished violin was better than the spirit-varnished instrument. Therefore, it can be assumed with a fairly high probability that also in general, the oil-varnished violins sound somewhat better than initially identical spirit-varnished ones.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Chan-Jung Kim

Previous studies have demonstrated the sensitivity of the dynamic behavior of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) material over the carbon fiber direction by performing uniaxial excitation tests on a simple specimen. However, the variations in modal parameters (damping coefficient and resonance frequency) over the direction of carbon fiber have been partially explained in previous studies because all modal parameters have only been calculated using the representative summed frequency response function without modal analysis. In this study, the dynamic behavior of CFRP specimens was identified from experimental modal analysis and compared five CFRP specimens (carbon fiber direction: 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 90°) and an isotropic SCS13A specimen using the modal assurance criterion. The first four modes were derived from the SCS13A specimen; they were used as reference modes after verifying with the analysis results from a finite element model. Most of the four mode shapes were found in all CFRP specimens, and the similarity increased when the carbon fiber direction was more than 45°. The anisotropic nature was dominant in three cases of carbon fiber, from 0° to 45°, and the most sensitive case was found in Specimen #3.


2013 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 36-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Róbert Huňady ◽  
František Trebuňa ◽  
Martin Hagara ◽  
Martin Schrötter

Experimental modal analysis is a relatively young part of dynamics, which deals with the vibration modes identification of machines or their parts. Its development has started since the beginning of the eighties, when the computers hardware equipment has improved and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) could be used for the results determination. Nowadays it provides an uncountable set of vibration analysis possibilities starting with conventional contact transducers of acceleration and ending with modern noncontact optical methods. In this contribution we mention the use of high-speed digital image correlation by experimental determination of mode shapes and modal frequencies. The aim of our work is to create a program application called Modan 3D enabling the performing of experimental modal analysis and operational modal analysis. In this paper the experimental modal analysis of a thin steel sample performed with Q-450 Dantec Dynamics is described. In Modan 3D the experiment data were processed and the vibration modes were determined. The reached results were verified by PULSE modulus specialized for mechanical vibration analysis.


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