MEEN 459/659 – Sound & Vibration Measurements – SPRING 2019
Dr. Luis San Andrés

Last update: April 8, 2019  NEW : NOTES 10 and guest lectures (9&10)

 

Course Description:  Credit 3.  Basic acoustics, review of vibration theory, wave propagation in vibrating systems, sound radiation from vibrating systems, sound and vibration sensors and instrumentation, data acquisition systems, measurement techniques, spectral analysis, spatial FFT analysis, design of experiments with vibro-acoustic systems, and applications.

 

Prerequisites:   MEEN 363, MATH 308.                                                     

 

OBJECTIVES: To review the fundaments of vibration analysis (SDOF and MDOF) as applied to lateral, torsional and axial displacements in mechanical structures, rotating in particular;  to learn about measurement vibration techniques (time and frequency domain) and sensors, including calculation of uncertainty and variability for multiple I/O systems; experimental techniques for identification of system parameters using recorded data in the frequency domain; relationship between sound and vibration and calculation of sound wave propagation speed, etc.

 

Class Time:  T, R 8:00-9:15 am JCAIN 206         or                                    

                            R  5:30-6:45 pm JCAIN 202 on selected dates (see page 2)

Instructor: Dr. Luis San Andrés, Phone  862 4744, LsanAndres@tamu.edu

Office hours: T 9:20-10:00 pm, MEOB 117, or by scheduled appointment (e-mail in advance).

 

References:      MEEN 617 Class Notes (handouts), L. San Andrés,

 

(To be released) Lectures, tutorials and case studies published in the Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia and various professional magazines. Find web resources at end of syllabus.

 

Other:               MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS: APPLICATION & DESIGN, Doebelin, E., 5th ed, ISBN-13: 978-0072990720

Sound Propagation: An Impedance Based Approach,  Y.-H. Kim

Fundamentals of Acoustics by L. E. Kinsler, A. R. Frey, A. B. Coppens, and J. V. Sanders

 

SYLLABUS  learn about grading policies, exam schedules, and more.   (revised Jan 25)

Class Notes (handouts & worked examples)

Recommendation: Download handouts as needed. The lecturer may update the notes as the semester progresses.

 

Notes

Content

1

Review Vibrations of SDOF Mechanical Systems  Example-Step Load Transient Response Underdamped SDOF
Useful resources Intro_to_FRFs  à (Compliance & Mobility & Inertance)  Example FRFs

2

Review of Vibrations of MDOF Mechanical Systems

3

Vibrations of a taut-string – The 1D wave equation

Videos of string plucked at half length and fourth/six of length

4

Vibration sensors and their applications


S&V 2005 How to select an accelerometer?

Wilcoxon R&D How to piezoelectric accelerometers work? How do velocity pick-ups work?
Bently Nevada Orbit 2009 Applications of eddy-current sensors (proximitor probes)

5

Sensors Calibration and Uncertainty in Measurements

 

6

The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and evaluating Transfer Functions
A little about Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFT) and their application to vibrations. Examples (zip)

Rohde & Schwarz Educational Note Measuring with Modern Analyzers

7

About rotor imbalance and balancing of rotors

Tutorial on Rotor Balancing (TPS 2016)

Summary of Rotating Machinery Rotor Balancing (Lifetime.reliability)

Balance Quality Requirements of Rigid Rotors (Application of ISO 1940) (IRDBalancing)

Balancing code (S Diaz - Mathcad)

 

8

Experimental identification of system physical parameters (K,C,M)

Example 1 – force coefficients for a squeeze film damper (viscous damping)
Example 2 – force coefficients for a hybrid brush seal (viscous + ??)

Example 3 – IVF applied to 2 DOF and comparison to other methods

Examples (zipped) – simple forcing functions

9

A (twisted re) view on torsional vibrations and measurements
Based on original material from Dr. B. Murphy (www.rotordynamics.org) – with permission.

Classics from Turbo & Pump Symposia

1977 TORSIONAL VIBRATION OF MACHINE SYSTEMS (ESHLEMAN)

1993 ANALYSIS OF TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS IN ROTATING MACHINERY (WACHEL)

1996 TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS IN PUMP/DRIVERS (Sulzer)

1996 PRACTICAL DESIGN AGAINST TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS (CORBO)

2009 TORSIONAL EFFECTS IN RECIPS (FEESE)

2016 ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS IN TORSONAL VIBRATIONS (FEESE)

2019 TORSIONAL DYNAMICS – UPDATE ON PUMPS (Sulzer: A CLASSIC TO COME)

 

10

On Sound – silence is gold until now

Measurement of sound and modeling of sound (wave) propagation. Examples for 1D ducts and a little on musical scales

Videos of sound waves in a duct (zipped file)

Other

More resources  - Need to know

What is a decibel? 

Agilent Technologies Educational Note 243-3  The Fundamentals of Modal Testing

For sound – do access Wikipedia! Unique and up to date knowledge!

More is better

Resources from Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium (TPS)

2013 TPS Kocur & Cloud: SHOP ROTORDYNAMIC TESTING – OPTIONS, OBJECTIVES, BENEFITS AND PRACTICES

2018 TPS Marscher
An End’s User guide to Pump RDs

 



 

HOMEWORKS (Group work only: 3 to 6 students)

Due 02/05: Homework 1 (zip file) à analyze measured transient response and identify parameters
  An example useful for your homework

Due 02/19: Homework 2 à use modal analysis to build free-free modes of test rotor
  Readme useful for homework

Due 03/21: Homework 3 à analyze vibration test data (X<Y) recorded during startup of a turbocharger +   DATA for hmk  and my key

Due 04/12: Homework 4 à reproduce torsional vibrations in a motor-compressor and learn effect of electro-magnetic pull. For reference read 2016 FEESE and interesting article.

Due 04/23:

 

Syllabus – Content (subject to change – except exams dates)

 

week

Instructor lectures / content or topics

All 5:30 pm lectures in JCAIN 202

 

Tuesday

Thursday

1

01/15 Review of basic SDOF vibrations: basic EOM for vibration system and physical parameters (mass, stiffness, damping), natural frequency and damping ratio.

Periodic forced response and uses of frequency response function to design and troubleshoot mechanical systems

2

01/22 Review of basic MDOF vibrations: Modal analysis (Undamped and Damped):

Modal coordinates and orthogonality properties, mode shapes and periodic forced response.

3

01/29 Instrumentation for vibration measurement.  Displacement, velocity and acceleration. Pros and cons including cost and accessibility. FRF of typical sensors. Proper selection of instrumentation and DAQ system.

01/31 5:30 pm Dustin Pavelek, Kelm Engineering LLC 

 Adventures in Field Vibration Testing

4

02/05 Rationale and principles of measurement   Accuracy and precision. Static & dynamic measurements. Sensor calibration. Simple uncertainty analysis (SISO)

02/07 5:30 pm  Joe Moreno, Lyondell Basell

5

02/12 DFTs and vibrations. The discrete Fourier transform and its applications. Spectra operations, cross spectra and coherence.

02/14 5:30 pm Manuel Marin, Lyondell Basell
Actual Case Studies of Vibration Measurement in the Field

6

02/19 Field identification of physical parameters in mechanical systems using frequency domain methods

02/21 5:30 pm John Kocur, Machinery Specialist, Exxon Mobil R&E

7

02/26 Quantification of Uncertainty and Repeatability in measurements for SISO and MIMO (Single or Multiple Input and Output) systems

02/28 5:30 pm Yve Zhao, Field engineer, BHP Billiton

Three Cases of Unusual Vibrations in the Field

8

03/05 EXAM I Thursday March 07 in class

9

Spring Break March 10-15                                        

Lecturer to Malaysia

 

10

03/19 8:00 am Vibrations in rotating machinery API recommendations and limits (LogDec and stability). Measurements for Rotor Balancing and balancing of rotors. How to balance a rotor

03/21  8:00 am Kristo Naude, Senior Engineer, Engineering Services, NRG

11

03/26 8:00 am Tae-Ho Kim, Kookmin Univ. (S Korea)

Case studies of Vibration Problems in Oil Free Microturbomachinery

03/28 8:00 am Ed Wilcox, Chevron ETC Machinery

Vibration Analysis for Turbomachinery

12

04/02 8:00 am, Torsional Vibrations
Basic systems (resonances and damping ratios) and motor drive start up responses. Sensors for measurements of torque and angular displacements.

 

04/04 5:30 pm, John J. Yu, Technical Leader, Machinery Diagnostic Services, Bently Nevada, BHGE

Real Cases of Rub, Morton Effect, Parametric Excitation and Shaft Crack in Rotating Machinery

13

04/09 8:00 am Vibration of Continuum systems. Free vibrations of strings, elastic bars, beams and plates. Properties of normal mode functions. The wave equation.

04/11 5:30 pm, Jeff Moore, Rotating Machinery Manager, SwRI

Investigation of a Rotordynamic Instability in a High Pressure Centrifugal Compressor Due to Damper Seal Clearance Divergence

14

04/16 8:00 am

Vykram Palant, POLYTEC. Intro to laser vibrometry.

 Review of basic sound analysis Equation for acoustic wave propagation and the meaning of wave number, wave speed, and frequency, and their relations.
Instrumentation for sound measurement.

04/18 5:30 pm, Nicolas Peton, Global Director, Machinery Diagnostics Services, Bently Nevada, BHGE (France)

14

04/23 8:00 am The future today: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Revolution, Digital Twins, etc.

04/25 8:00 am Delivery of Report/Demo on V&S APP usage & group presentations

15

 05/03 Exam II May 3:  3:00-4:00 pm                     

 

 

 

RESOURCES on the web  (there are a million more, below is just a minuscule sample)


Proceedings of the TL/TAMU Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia

 

The Vibration Institute

 

Sound and Vibration magazine

 

Search for conference papers (O&G vibrations) www.Rotordynamics.org

 

Wikipedia

 

Eddy current Sensors and Conditioning Monitoring

Orbit magazine   

GE Baker Hughes https://www.industrial.ai/solutions

                                            https://www.gemeasurement.com/orbit/condition-monitoring-asset-management

 

Turbomachinery International Magazine 

 

National Instruments Tool kits & DAQ conditioning monitoring solutions http://www.ni.com

 

Piezoelectric sensors       accelerometers, microphones, load cells, etc.

https://www.pcb.com/Resources/Tech-Notes

https://www.pcb.com/Resources/Videos 

https://www.pcb.com/Resources/White-Papers

 

 

Optical (Photo) metrology

https://trilion.com/photogrammetry/ 

https://trilion.com/vibration-analysis/

http://texas-surveys.com/photogrammetry.php

 

Laser vibrometers - fiberoptics  https://learn.polytec.com

 

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0

https://www.splunk.com 

 

 

Writing: http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/c/how-to/business

 

 

RELATIONSHIP OF COURSE OBJECTIVES TO ABET 2019/20 PROGRAM OUTCOMES: 

 

 

 

ABET Program Outcome

 

ABET Program Outcome

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Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.

x

Ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

 

Ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.

x

Ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

 

x

Ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

x

Ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

 x

Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

 

 

 

 


The handouts and textbook used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts," I mean all materials generated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to distribute freely the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.


Send all comments, corrections or questions to LSanAndres@tamu.edu