Laser Doppler Vibrometer

Parameter: Vibration
Vibration is mechanical movement where
oscillation occurs at an equilibrium point
Two types of vibration
o Free Vibration
o Forced Vibration
Instrument is necessary to measure the level of
vibration
o Accelerometer
Figure 1: Vibration of two plane
BACK
Accelerometer
o Mounted directly onto machine
Laser Doppler Vibrometer
o Advanced interference technology
o Precise measurement
o Capable of measuring both small and large objects
Laser Doppler Vibrometer
o Utilizes Laser Doppler Technique
Introduce by L.E Drain in 1975 for measuring the speed wind
o Apply laser on the subject for measurement
o Analyzing different waveform to give the measurement of vibration.
o Different types of Laser Vibrometer for different purposes.
Sensing Element: Laser Beam
EM wave emits to the vibrate object.
This beam is the sensor where the beam splitter acts
as the transducer
o convert the beam into detectable signal by comparing the frequency of
the signals.
Beam Splitter
In beam splitter 1, the laser light is split into two.
o Reference beam.
o Measure beam.
The laser light incident to the surface of the test
subject will be reflected.
The two reference beam and measure beam will
undergo superposition and direct to photo
detector.
Filter and Electronic
Controller
To amplify the current from the photo detector.
To filter away the high frequency noise and ensure
that the Doppler frequency is always lower than the
carrier frequency.
In mixing stage, the carrier signal is shifted to an
intermediate frequency (10.7 Mhz)
To converts the frequency to voltage by using an
averaged-time, pulse technique that gives a linear
conversion.
To view the output of the operator and stored
value.
The output signal can be viewed on several
intrument.
Function to measure vibration
displacement and velocity.
With digital high speed processing
provides precise and high resolution
data enormously fast.
Compare to conventional analog
decoder solutions used for vibration
measurement.
Overcome the LDVs limitation
and enhance their performances.
For example advanced the signal
decoding and improvement on the
signal to noise ratio.
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer
(SLDV)
3-D vibrometer
Differential vibrometer
Figure 2: Different Types of Laser Doppler Vibrometer
In scientific, industrial and medical
fields.
For example, in biological has eardrum
diagnostics
For example, in automotive has
structural dynamics, brake diagnostics
and quantification of noise, vibration
and harshness.
Video from and it is with sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qkmG_S4Q
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