By
Adrian Lincoln on October 17th, 2008
Torsional vibration is of key importance in the area of vehicle development and refinement. The main contributory source is the engine where periodically occurring combustion cycles cause variation in the crankshaft rotary vibration. This vibration is transmitted to and modified further by other components in the powertrain such as the gearbox and by other equipment [...]
By
Dr Colin Mercer on January 12th, 2006
With shafts, gears and the like, the general method of determining the rotational speed is to use some form of tachometer or shaft encoder. These give out [...]
By
Dr Colin Mercer on October 19th, 2005
A shaft has been instrumented with two shaft encoders, one at each end. Each shaft encoder gives out a once/rev pulse and a 720 pulses/rev signal. Each signal was digitised at 500,000 samples/second. The objective is to measure the twist in the shaft and analyze into orders. The test stand was already equipped with a [...]
By
Dr Colin Mercer on May 15th, 2002
The measurement of the twist angle between two points along a shaft or through a gear train may be derived from a pair of tacho signals, one at each end of the shaft. Typically the tacho signals would be derived from gear teeth giving a known [...]
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