scholarly journals Procedure to Use PZT Sensors in Vibration and Load Measurements

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. Sathyanarayana ◽  
S. Raja ◽  
H. M. Ragavendra

In situ correlation procedure is developed for electromechanically coupled PZT sensors to output the structural responses in standard engineering format, namely, displacement, strain, acceleration, and so forth. In order to implement this idea, we have used the standard sensing devices such as laser displacement sensor, strain gauge, and accelerometer. Aluminum beams and composite plate are employed in the experiments as specimens. The experimental results have shown that the structural reactions at critical locations can be monitored by a dynamically correlated PZT patch sensor, besides measuring the intensity of load in terms of acceleration. Furthermore, the influence of damage on sensor correlation has been evaluated. It is seen that the presence of damage has significantly modified the interpreted engineering parameters from the PZT patch and if they are appropriately correlated with respect to healthy structure, then the occurrence of damage related information will be ascertained. The developed sensor correlation concept therefore may be useful in load monitoring, health monitoring, and structural control applications.

Author(s):  
Eric B. Halfmann ◽  
C. Steve Suh ◽  
N. P. Hung

The workpiece and tool vibrations in a lathe are experimentally studied to establish improved understanding of cutting dynamics that would support efforts in exceeding the current limits of the turning process. A Keyence laser displacement sensor is employed to monitor the workpiece and tool vibrations during chatter-free and chatter cutting. A procedure is developed that utilizes instantaneous frequency (IF) to identify the modes related to measurement noise and those innate of the cutting process. Instantaneous frequency is shown to thoroughly characterize the underlying turning dynamics and identify the exact moment in time when chatter fully developed. That IF provides the needed resolution for identifying the onset of chatter suggests that the stability of the process should be monitored in the time-frequency domain to effectively detect and characterize machining instability. It is determined that for the cutting tests performed chatters of the workpiece and tool are associated with the changing of the spectral components and more specifically period-doubling bifurcation. The analysis presented provides a view of the underlying dynamics of the lathe process which has not been experimentally observed before.


2012 ◽  
Vol 184-185 ◽  
pp. 701-706
Author(s):  
Ming Xing Qiu ◽  
Chuang Shao ◽  
Yong Zhou ◽  
Li Hua Yue

In order to determine the fatigue limits of two kinds of titanium alloy pipes connected by welding and rolling, fatigue tests were carried out by the Aero-Criterion which gives vibration fatigue test method and failure criteria. A laser-displacement-sensor was used at the free end and a strain-gauge at the root of the pipe specimen. The test result shows that the fatigue limit of the welded pipe is higher than the rolled one. In the end some new findings are listed according to the test.


2013 ◽  
Vol 677 ◽  
pp. 384-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Kei Ricky Kot ◽  
Luen Chow Chan

In this paper, a visualisation system will be discussed that can be used to capture the deformation profile of the sheet blank during sheet metal forming processes, such as deep drawing and shape forming. The visualisation system utilizes a 2D laser displacement sensor for deformation profile acquisition. The sensor is embedded in the die and the laser propagates through the die to detect the profile change of the specimen concealed in the die during operation. The captured profile data will be collected, manipulated and transferred to a monitor for display via a controller. This visualisation of the deformation profile will provide engineers and researchers with an intuitive means of analysing and diagnosing the deformation process during sheet metal forming.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatake Shiraishi ◽  
Gongjun Yang

Abstract A laser displacement sensor which has a resolution of 0.5 μm was used to determine the measurement of a curved workpiece profile in turning. This sensor is attached to a specially designed stage and is operated by three motors which are controlled by a fuzzy control algorithm. The experimental results show that the measuring system can be applied to workpieces having inclination angles of up to around 45°. The proposed measuring system has a practical measuring accuracy to within ten micrometers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abu S Shohag ◽  
Zhengqian Jiang ◽  
Emily C Hammel ◽  
Lucas Braga Carani ◽  
David O Olawale ◽  
...  

Real-time load monitoring of critical civil and mechanical structures especially dynamic structures such as wind turbine blades is imperative for longer service life. This article proposed a novel sensor system based on the proprietary in situ triboluminescent optical fiber (ITOF) sensor for dynamic load monitoring. The new ITOF sensor patch consists of an ITOF sensor network with micro-exciters integrated within a polymer matrix. The sensor patch was subjected to repeated flexural loading and produced triboluminescent emissions due to the friction between micro-exciters and ITOF sensors corresponding to each loading cycle. The friction-induced triboluminescent intensity directly depends on the loading rate, the coefficient of friction, and the applied load on patch. In general, the triboluminescent intensity increases exponentially with an increase in load. Additionally, the sensor patches comprising the coarser micro-exciters exhibited better results. Similarly, better results were achieved at higher loading rates although a threshold loading rate is required to excite the triboluminescent crystals for this sample configuration. The proposed new sensor has the ability to monitor dynamic continuous applied loads.


Machines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Bo Wen ◽  
Sho Sekine ◽  
Shinichi Osawa ◽  
Yuki Shimizu ◽  
Hiraku Matsukuma ◽  
...  

This paper describes a comparison of the mechanical structures (a double-sided beam and a cantilever beam) of a probe in a tool edge profiler for the measurement of a micro-cutting tool. The tool edge profiler consists of a positioning unit having a pair of one-axis DC servo motor stages and a probe unit having a laser displacement sensor and a probe composed of a stylus and a mechanical beam; on-machine measurement of a tool cutting edge can be conducted with a low contact force through measuring the deformation of the probe by the laser displacement sensor while monitoring the tool position. Meanwhile, the mechanical structure of the probe could affect the performance of measurement of the edge profile of a precision cutting tool. In this paper, the measurement principle of the tool edge profile is firstly introduced; after that, slopes and a top-flat of a cutting tool sample are measured by using a cantilever-type probe and a double-sided beam-type probe, respectively. The measurement performances of the two probes are compared through experiments and theoretical measurement uncertainty analysis.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxun Song ◽  
Ronggui Ma ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Hui Ding ◽  
Ning Zhang

2013 ◽  
Vol 333-335 ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Wei Na Liu ◽  
Wen Bo Xu ◽  
Li Feng Yang

In order to improve precision, outdated measurement method, complicated structure and weak anti-jam ability in liquid level measurement, a set of liquid level system was designed with the core of high-precision laser displacement sensor. The system adopted non-contact laser trigonometric survey method and powerful virtual instrument techniques. It could conduct online and real-time measurement to infinitesimal displacement on liquid level with high speed and precision. Through measurement experiment, its accuracy and practical applicability is verified.


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