《High Frequency Vibration Analysis》.pdf

White Paper August 2011 High Frequency Vibration Analysis The emphasis in this paper is the capture and analysis of stress waves introduced into rotating machinery by events such as impacting, fatiguing, and friction. The stress wave events introduced into rotating machinery are mostly flexural waves (also referred to as bending or S waves). These waves propagate away from the initiation site introducing a short term ripple on the surface of the machine. An absolute motion sensor (such as an accelerometer or ultrasonic sensor) with sufficient bandwidth and sensitivity will detect the short term wave activity providing important information for assistance in fault detection and severity assessment. Brief discussions on the generation of stress waves and their propagation as waves away from the initiation site are presented. The theoretical predictions are briefly verified by some simple experimental results. From the theoretical and experimental results, the expected frequency range over which the dominant energy appears for the various stress wave causing events are identified. Case studies employing both ultrasonic sensor and an accelerometer (using the PeakVue methodology) are presented. © 2011 Emerson Process Management. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication are presented for informational purposes only, and while effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, t