Unit 44 Vibrationdata Sine Filtering
Introduction Vibrationdata We have covered time-domain, sine curve-fitting in previous units for signal identification This unit will use this method for a new purpose, to separate sine and random components of a signal The curve-fitting is done using random number generation and trial-and- error, with some convergence built-in A measured sine vibration typically has some slight variation in amplitude and frequency, thus require a few sinusoids to match the data The following method works best for “short “ time segments Could be used to remove 60 Hz noise from measured data
Vibrationdata Exercise 1 Generate white noise Add sine component Then separate sine and random components
Vibrationdata Save as: white
Displacement Vibrationdata
Displacement Vibrationdata Save as: combined
Sine-on-Random Signal Vibrationdata
Sine-on-Random Histogram Vibrationdata
Vibrationdata Displacement Time History > Filters, Various > Remove Sine Tones
Vibrationdata Comparison Results Case Amplitude fn(Hz) Phase(rad) 1 1.0169 99.9989 0.0471 Standard Deviations original: 1.232 synthesis: 0.7191 residual: 1
Comparison, Close-up Vibrationdata
Original minus Sine Synthesis Vibrationdata
Vibrationdata Exercise 2 Bombardier Q400 Turboprop Acoustics The PW150A engine/propeller rotation rate during takeoff and climb is 1020 RPM, but is throttled back at cruise altitude to 850 RPM, or 14.17 Hz There are six blades on each engine, so the blade passing frequency is 85 Hz
Displacement Vibrationdata Read in file: Q400
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Vibrationdata Spectral Peaks Next step: Separate blade passing frequencies from background noise
Displacement Vibrationdata
Vibrationdata Results for 85 Hz Component Results Case Amplitude fn(Hz) Phase(rad) 1 0.4765 85.0661 4.5830 2 0.1591 85.1877 1.7794 3 0.1311 85.0024 1.1945 4 0.0601 84.8849 0.9296 5 0.0541 85.3313 4.5783 6 0.0328 85.5232 5.4033 7 0.0269 85.1293 4.7223 8 0.0264 85.8288 3.8821 9 0.0249 84.7275 4.0180 10 0.0188 84.4948 0.4494 Diminishing returns effect as additional cases are included for a given frequency
Vibrationdata Comparison Difference is due to background noise and some spectral components unrelated to blade passing frequency
Original minus Synthesis Vibrationdata
Vibrationdata Residual FFT Peak at 354.2 Hz is unrelated to blade passing frequency Could repeat exercise with more aggressive sine removal