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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 [...]
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Dr Colin Mercer on October 23rd, 2007
By combining a speed signal with a data signal and using the Short Time FFT algorithm (Hopping FFT), it is possible to extract order data directly as a function of time (Orders from Hopping FFT) rather than as a function of speed (Waterfall). This is very useful when analyzing a complete operational cycle which includes [...]
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Chris Mason on June 24th, 2007
Using Prosig’s P8000 series data acquisition system with DATS signal analysis software, torsional analysis (crank jitter) was performed on an automotive engine attached to an engine dynamometer. The significance of this is that only one tachometer channel was required to identify crank jitter.
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Dr Colin Mercer on February 25th, 2007
Order cuts are taken from a set of FFTs, each one at a different rpm. The rms level is then found as the Square root of the Sum of the squares of each of the FFT values. Mathematically, if Xks is the modulus (magnitude) of the kth value of the FFT at speed s for [...]
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James Wren on February 20th, 2006
The following note describes an application of the Prosig P8000/DATS system in the refinement of an automotive exhaust muffler design for a major after-market [...]
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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 [...]
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James Wren on August 26th, 2005
In a recent article we described how the Prosig P8000 hardware and DATS software had been used to help Dalmeny Racing diagnose a problem with an exhaust [...]
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Dr Colin Mercer on June 14th, 2005
One would expect that averaging waterfalls and then extracting orders would give the same result as extracting orders from individual waterfalls and then averaging them. This [...]
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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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Dr Colin Mercer on June 6th, 2001
It is sometimes necessary to pass a signal through a high pass filter to eliminate low frequency signals. These may arise for instance from whole body vibrations when perhaps our interest is in higher frequency components from a substructure such as an engine or gearbox mounting. The vibration levels are speed sensitive and [...]
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