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Chapter
5
| Vibration Measuring Instrument
5.1.
Introduction
Vibration measurement is necessary due to the following reasons
(i) Demands of higher productivity and economical design lead to higher operational sj
machinery and efficient use of materials through light weight structures,
(ii) To select the operating speeds, it is necessary, to know the natural frequencies of as
or machine in order to avoid resonant conditions.
(iii), Theoretical vibration characteristics may differ from the actual values.
(iv) To identify the system in terms of mass, stiffness and damping, the knowledge of input and|
resulting output vibration characteristics are required.
(v) To design an effective vibration isolation system, measurement of vibration frequency
forces developed are necessary.
5.2 Vibration measurement scheme [VTU, Dec. 2013 / Jan. 20
Fig 5.1 shows a basic vibration measurement scheme
Vibrating Vibration Signal Display Unit, Data
machine or || transducer [>] conversion Recorder orf] analysis
Structure or Pickup instrument Computer
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Depending on the quantity to be measured, a vibration measuring instrument is cal
vibrometer, a velocity meter, an accelerometer, a phase meter or a frequency meter. The
“meter” is replaced by ‘graph’ if the instrument is designed to record the measured quantity, If
vibration measuring instrament consists of spring, mass, damper etc., then it is called a seis
instrument. The measured quantities are displayed on the screen in the form of electrical si
which can easily be amplified and recorded. The output electrical signal is proportional toVibration Measuring instruments 433
quantity which is to be measured. Two types of seismic transducers are commonly used. They are
(i) Vibrometer and (ii) Accelerometer,
5.3 Vibrometer (Seismometer)
[VTU, Dec. 2013 / Jan, 2014, June/July 2014, Dec. 2014/ Jan.2015]
A vibrometeris a device used for measuring the displacement of a vibrating body. Itis designed
for low natural frequency. Fig 5.2 shows a seismic instrument. It is used to measure any of the
vibration characteristics. This instrument works as a vibrometer for large values of frequency
ritio @/ @,. [t consists of a frame in which seismic mass m is supported by means of a spring and
dashpot. The frame is mounted on a vibrating body. The system is similar to a spring - mass -
damper system with base or support excitation.
Consider the base to have a sinusoidal motion y = ¥ sina
. Steady state relative amplitude of the seismic mass w.r¢ the frame
nT, a cache 6.3.1)
(-(e)] a)
Zi (o/o,):
¥
(a2 )
Similarly phase difference between the exciting force and the relative motion
o
562)
aS
y=Y sinet
Pig 5.2:
Ifa rotating drum is fixed on the frame and a pointer on the seismic mass, then the amplitude
of motion of the mass over the drum represents the relative motion z having an amplitude Z. This
relative motion is also harmonic in nature.
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Fig 5.3 Shows the plots of > versus frequency ratio for various values of damping factor!
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Phase angle >
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Fig 5.3
In equation 5.3.1 if @/«, >>1, then the relative amplitude Z is shown to be equal to
‘amplitude of vibrating body ¥ on the sereen, Also it can be seen from the plots if = 0.7 or lit
lower than 0.7, then Z/Y = 1 over a larger range of frequency ratio @/«,. For high e/«, ratio,
instruments should have low natural frequency. Normally the instrument should have a frequen
range between 1 Hz to 4 Hz
5.4 Accelerometer [VTU, Dec. 2013 / Jan. 2014, June/July 201
Accelerometer is a device used for measuring the acceleration of a vibrating body. Itis desi,
for high natural frequency. Hence accelerometer is also called as high frequency transducer,
Same seismic instrument shown in Fig 5.2 also behaves like an accelerometer under certain conditi
IF the natural frequency «, of the instrument is very high compared to the frequency «0 which is
be measured, the ratio «/«, << 1. This range is shown in Fig 5.3. Since the natural frequency
the instrument is very high, it is very light weight in construction. Itis possible to make the instru
‘odisplay velocity and displacement in addition to acceleration with the help of electronic integrat
Since the instrument is very compact in size and itis possible to measure displacement, velocity.
acceleration, it is widely used as a vibration measuring device. The voltage signals obtained
the accelerometer is very small and hence it is preamplified. To obtain velocity and displace
double integration device may be used,‘Vibration Measuring Instruments 435
com Zz
when
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