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Intro To VA Terms & Concepts

This document discusses vibration analysis concepts including measuring vibration displacement, velocity, and acceleration in both the time and frequency domains. It explains that any vibration can be expressed as a sum of simple harmonic motions and that the frequency domain uses a graph to break down a complex signal into its constituent simple frequencies and amplitudes. Measurement involves choosing a point and direction and can be done for displacement, velocity, or acceleration, with each emphasizing different frequency ranges.

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Intro To VA Terms & Concepts

This document discusses vibration analysis concepts including measuring vibration displacement, velocity, and acceleration in both the time and frequency domains. It explains that any vibration can be expressed as a sum of simple harmonic motions and that the frequency domain uses a graph to break down a complex signal into its constituent simple frequencies and amplitudes. Measurement involves choosing a point and direction and can be done for displacement, velocity, or acceleration, with each emphasizing different frequency ranges.

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Vibration Analysis

Basic Concepts
Vibration waveforms
Vibration amplitude
Time Domain
Frequency Domain

Examples of Vibration

How do we measure vibration?

Choose a direction

Choose a
point to
measure

We can measure...
DISPLACEMENT
VELOCITY
or
ACCELERATION

At any point in time...


DISPLACEMENT =
Distance traveled (miles)

VELOCITY =
Speedometer reading
(mph)

ACCELERATION =
How far your foot is down.

Displacement
Actual physical movement of a
vibrating object
Emphasizes lower frequency
components
Measured in mils or microns

Amplitude

Displacement is the easiest to visualize

Time
This is a time domain
recording of vibration
displacement

Velocity
Measure of the speed at which the
mass is moving
Preferred unit of measurement as it
effective over over a wide range,
from low frequency to high
frequency
Measured in inches / sec or mm / sec

Velocity or speed is zero as


the object comes to a stop
before moving in the opposite
direction

Speed or velocity is
greatest here

Acceleration
Rate of change of Velocity
Emphasizes high-frequency peaks in
a spectrum
Measured in gs

Acceleration is greatest where velocity


is at a minimum

Object has decelerated and stopped


and is about to begin accelerating
again

Comparison of Velocity, Displacement & Acceleration


Displacement is used for
measuring low frequencies:
Low RPM

Velocity is best over a


wide frequency range

Acceleration is used
for measuring high
frequencies:
Bearing Frequencies

Simple Harmonic Motion

This displacement waveform is


sinusoidal.

Simple Harmonic Motion - The Simplest Vibration

ANY vibration can be


expressed as a sum of
individual simple vibrations.

The Frequency Domain

Use a graph to
show how the
complex signal
is broken down
into simple ones.

Amplitude

+ ...

...
Frequency

Time & Frequency Domain

Time Domain waveform shown as many different


frequencies and amplitudes

Sinusoidal
time domain

Single peak in
frequency
domain.

Noise in time
domain

Noise in
frequency
domain

Review
Vibration measurement
Point & Direction

Displacement, velocity, acceleration


Time domain waveforms
Complex vibration
= sum of simple vibrations

Frequency domain

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