Applications as structural diagnostics, condition monitoring and fatigue testing are requiring the development of vibration tests characterized by reduced testing time, fine spatial resolution and high Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). In this context, Continuous Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry (CSLDV) can have a great impact as a substitute of classic Discrete Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry (SLDV). In fact, CSLDV makes it possible to measure the target structural vibration much faster and with finer spatial resolution than SLDV, as well keeping an acceptable level of SNR. CSLDV joins together the spatial and time information, because the vibration datum obtained from the laser, which continuously scans (over time and space) the structure under test, is modulated by the Operational Deflection Shape (ODS) excited during the experiment. This results in a spectrum characterized by sideband patterns uniquely associated to the ODS excited. However, the current drawback in fully exploiting CSLDV in everyday testing is related to the necessity of being managed by an expert operator who knows how to extract meaningful information from data measured. This paper proposes a procedure which aims to automatize the information extraction process from CSLDV signals, in order to ease the utilization of CSLDV in vibration laboratories. The idea starts from a simple observation: if the mode shapes of the structure under test are known a priori, e.g. from a numerical model, an analytical formulation or previous measurements, as is the case for fatigue tests, it is possible to settle a procedure that searches for similarities between those known mode shapes (the candidate mode shapes) and ODSs that actually modulate the signal measured. This procedure can therefore be considered a pattern matching technique that is able to identify the resonance frequency related to each ODS and the mode shapes that better match with the ODSs excited. A detailed description of the algorithm is given in this paper. Moreover, the procedure is analyzed in order to discuss its sensitivity to noise, overlapping of resonance frequencies (close modes situation) and ODS complexity. The application of the approach to experimental data is also discussed.

Mode matching of Continuous Scanning Laser Doppler Vibration data in the frequency domain

Chiariotti, P.;Martarelli, M.;Castellini, P.
2018-01-01

Abstract

Applications as structural diagnostics, condition monitoring and fatigue testing are requiring the development of vibration tests characterized by reduced testing time, fine spatial resolution and high Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). In this context, Continuous Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry (CSLDV) can have a great impact as a substitute of classic Discrete Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry (SLDV). In fact, CSLDV makes it possible to measure the target structural vibration much faster and with finer spatial resolution than SLDV, as well keeping an acceptable level of SNR. CSLDV joins together the spatial and time information, because the vibration datum obtained from the laser, which continuously scans (over time and space) the structure under test, is modulated by the Operational Deflection Shape (ODS) excited during the experiment. This results in a spectrum characterized by sideband patterns uniquely associated to the ODS excited. However, the current drawback in fully exploiting CSLDV in everyday testing is related to the necessity of being managed by an expert operator who knows how to extract meaningful information from data measured. This paper proposes a procedure which aims to automatize the information extraction process from CSLDV signals, in order to ease the utilization of CSLDV in vibration laboratories. The idea starts from a simple observation: if the mode shapes of the structure under test are known a priori, e.g. from a numerical model, an analytical formulation or previous measurements, as is the case for fatigue tests, it is possible to settle a procedure that searches for similarities between those known mode shapes (the candidate mode shapes) and ODSs that actually modulate the signal measured. This procedure can therefore be considered a pattern matching technique that is able to identify the resonance frequency related to each ODS and the mode shapes that better match with the ODSs excited. A detailed description of the algorithm is given in this paper. Moreover, the procedure is analyzed in order to discuss its sensitivity to noise, overlapping of resonance frequencies (close modes situation) and ODS complexity. The application of the approach to experimental data is also discussed.
2018
Continuous Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry
Dynamic testing
Laser Doppler Vibrometry
Mechanical measurements
Pattern matching
Electronic
Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics
and Optics
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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