Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration

Accelerometer is widely used as a vibration measurement transducer. The disadvantage of contact type accelerometer is its mass can cause the natural frequencies of the structure to change from their correct values. Generally this effect is ignored in the experimental studies based on the assumption...

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Main Author: Baharin, Nor Hatini
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/9443/1/NorHatiniBaharinFKM2008.pdf
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description Accelerometer is widely used as a vibration measurement transducer. The disadvantage of contact type accelerometer is its mass can cause the natural frequencies of the structure to change from their correct values. Generally this effect is ignored in the experimental studies based on the assumption that the accelerometer mass is negligible compared to the mass of the test structure. However when lightweight structure is tested, this effect is significant. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration. The natural frequency and its corresponding mode shape were the parameters of interest. Two thin plates of different thickness and various boundary conditions were investigated by using experimental modal analysis and finite element analysis. The accelerometer mass was added and mounted at three different locations. Results show that the thinner the plate, the more sensitive it is to the mass loading effect. The accelerometer mass shows significant effect on some of the modes of the structure while other modes remain unchanged. The accelerometer mounted at a point of peak deflection of the plate showed large changes of natural frequencies and its corresponding mode shapes. There are no significant changes of natural frequency and mode shapes for accelerometer attached at nodal line of the particular mode. It is concluded that, the effect of accelerometer mass depends on the location of the accelerometer, vibration mode, magnitude of accelerometer mass and test structure.
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spelling utm.eprints-94432018-06-29T21:50:44Z http://eprints.utm.my/9443/ Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration Baharin, Nor Hatini TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Accelerometer is widely used as a vibration measurement transducer. The disadvantage of contact type accelerometer is its mass can cause the natural frequencies of the structure to change from their correct values. Generally this effect is ignored in the experimental studies based on the assumption that the accelerometer mass is negligible compared to the mass of the test structure. However when lightweight structure is tested, this effect is significant. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration. The natural frequency and its corresponding mode shape were the parameters of interest. Two thin plates of different thickness and various boundary conditions were investigated by using experimental modal analysis and finite element analysis. The accelerometer mass was added and mounted at three different locations. Results show that the thinner the plate, the more sensitive it is to the mass loading effect. The accelerometer mass shows significant effect on some of the modes of the structure while other modes remain unchanged. The accelerometer mounted at a point of peak deflection of the plate showed large changes of natural frequencies and its corresponding mode shapes. There are no significant changes of natural frequency and mode shapes for accelerometer attached at nodal line of the particular mode. It is concluded that, the effect of accelerometer mass depends on the location of the accelerometer, vibration mode, magnitude of accelerometer mass and test structure. 2008-12 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/9443/1/NorHatiniBaharinFKM2008.pdf Baharin, Nor Hatini (2008) Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:684?site_name=Restricted Repository
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title_full Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title_fullStr Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title_full_unstemmed Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title_short Effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
title_sort effect of accelerometer mass on thin plate vibration
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://eprints.utm.my/9443/1/NorHatiniBaharinFKM2008.pdf
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