Pulsed TV-holography recording for vibration analysis applications

• Published in: Optics and lasers in engineering Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 131 - 143
• Main Authors: Chambard, Jean-Pierre, Chalvidan, Vincent, Carniel, Xavier, Pascal, Jean-Claude
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cadenced pulsed laser; Exact sciences and technology; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy; Interferometers; Modal analysis; Optical instruments, equipment and techniques; Physics; Speckle interferometry; Structural intensity; TV-holography; Vibration; Cadenced pulsed laser; Vibration; TV-holography; Modal analysis; Speckle interferometry; Structural intensity; Washing machine; Vibration measurement; Measuring methods; Optical method; Data processing; Experimental study; Electronic speckle pattern interferometry; Pulsed lasers
• ISSN: 0143-8166; 1873-0302
• DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(02)00006-4

TV-holography is a well-known tool for vibration analysis. Using the so-called time-average method, this technique allows to record interferograms showing the mode shapes of a structure submitted to vibration excitation and is currently used for modal identification. Within the frames of a BRITE-EURAM program called vibration intensity processing using full-field multi-pulse laser technique (VIP), a TV-holography equipment has been developed, working with a 25 Hz pulsed laser and allowing easy on-site measurements. A measurement procedure has been defined and a specific data processing has been developed for the determination of structural intensity fields, which give transfer path of the vibration energy within a structure. The measurement of these quantities is possible the using classical means (accelerometers, stress gauges, etc.) but the data processing is complex and require a lot of accurate sensors because it is based on spatial derivatives of high order. The optical techniques (laser vibrometry, holography, etc.) are more suited for that purpose because of the high density of measuring points and because of the well-known advantages of these methods: reduced measurement time and no modification of the mass parameters of the structure as it is the case when using contact sensors. Different kinds of output data are then given: operational deflection shape, amplitude and phase, structural intensity field and its divergence through a further step of data processing. The complete procedure with the associated data processing has been tested (for various configurations of excitation and damping) first on a clamped plate, then on a cylinder and at the end on several industrial components. This paper describes the general measurement procedure and the equipment used. The data processing is also presented and various measurement results are shown. The conclusion gives the main advantages and limitations of the method and evaluates the application possibilities.