www.le.ac.uk/engineering www.le.ac.uk/asdec ASDEC Research Centre in partnership with ADVANCED STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC EVALUATION COLLOBORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE www.le.ac.uk/engineering www.le.ac.uk/asdec ASDEC Research Centre Speaker:
Apr 01, 2015
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University Facts and Figures• £268m turnover• Over 3700 staff• £500m of economic impact on
the regional economy• Over 23,000 Students • 8500 Postgraduates• Research Income >£50m pa• Spin outs and Licensing Deals
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Everything Vibrates...
... the ear of a fly?
... a Stradivarius violin?
... a vehicle body?
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Contact TransducersDisadvantages include:• Time consuming cabling• Coarse spatial resolution• Need to correct local coordinate system• Transducer calibration• Limited bandwidth• Overall, slow and cumbersome
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Laser Doppler VibrometryA method of measuring surfaces• Non-contact• Can measure shape or
movement• Very rapid, so can be used for
measuring vibration
Analogy: acoustic Doppler effect
long wavelengthlow frequency
short wavelength high frequency
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Why Non-contact LDV?• Light Has No Mass
– No additional damping – Direct surface measurements
• High Data Density– Measure complex structures
• Small and Large Objects– Small spot size– Large area scan capabilities
• Measure all materials– All types and textures, hot or cold
• Access– Through windows– Into vacuum or water tanks
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3D Scanning Vibrometer• Full-field x-y scanning with 3 lasers
with common control• Laser beams intersect at surface• Shape geometry is imported or
measured • Simultaneous measurement of 3
vibration components
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Vibration analysis
False colour shows vibration variances
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Measurements with an Industrial Robot
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ASDEC in action• Fixed Sensor arrangement• Optimum working distance• Automated measurement• Automated 3D-alignment
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Deflection shape at 38 Hz
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Robot Advantages• Fully automated & non-contact
vibration measurement• Benefits for deflection shape
and other tests:– Fast measurement– Non-contact – Very accurate
• Enables new tests– Higher point densities– Material testing
• Very fast and easy visualisation of results
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Global Monitoring for Environment
and Security – G-STEP
Space IDEAS Hub
Additive Manufacturing
Ionic Liquids Demonstrator
RAFT (Real-time Air Fingerprinting Technology)
Biopolymers
Management Training Centre
Materials Technology Integration
Centre
NVH Graduate Pool
Airborne Sound
Analysis
Microscopy Centre
Graduate Internships
Feasibility Study Grants
Systems Modelling services
Masters level
Placements
Training / Master classes /
Distance learning
Consultancy
Research & Development
Engineering Services
Team
Core
ASDEC Services
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ASDEC Research CentreThank you