Accurate Frequency Evaluation of Vibration Signals by Multi-Windowing Analysis

Abstract:

Accurate frequency evaluation is very important in the damage detection processes because the dynamic response is less sensitive to damage. Therefore, to be able to detect transverse cracks in early stage, it is necessary to read precisely the frequencies. In the literature are presented several methods, more or less complex and resource consuming, destined to improve the frequencies readability. In practical applications simple and fast methods for frequency evaluation are requested; the process should be adequate to be automated. The paper presents an original method for identifying the correct frequency of generated or acquired signals. The method is based on the analysis of the original signal cropped by rectangular windows in order to rearrange successively the spectral lines aiming to find the highest peak achieved in a region of interest for the frequency-amplitude pairs.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 801)
• Pages: 328-332
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.801.328
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Andrea Amalia Minda*, Nicoleta Gillich, Ion Cornel Mituletu, Jean Louis Ntakpe, Tiberiu Manescu, Ionica Negru
• Keywords: Damage Detection, Frequency Estimation, Spectral Line, Vibration Signals, Windowing

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