Mar

vinE.Espeño/
BSME-
II
I (
VIBRATI
ONENGI
NEERI
NG) 11/
17/
22

Pr
ofessor
:Engr
.Dav
idPar
ial

“
Realwor
ldappl
i
cat
ionof"
Vibr
ati
onEngi
neer
ing"

Vibr
ationi saphy sicalphenomenont hatpresentsi t
selfinoperationalrotat
ingmachi neri
esand
mov i
ngst ructures,regar dl
essoft heconditi
onoft heirhealth.Vibr
ationcanbei nducedbyv ari
ous
sources,i
ncl udi
ngr otatingshafts,meshi nggear-
teeth,roll
i
ngbear i
ngel ement s,r
otati
ngel ect
ri
cf iel
d,
fl
uidf l
ows,combust ionev ents,structur
alresonanceandangul arrotations.Becauseofi t subiquit
y,
vi
brati
onishi ghlyapplicablefori
nv esti
gati
ngtheoperationalcondi
ti
onsandst at
usofr otat
ingmachi nery
andstructures.

Vibrati
onscanber epresentedi
ndi f
ferentforms,incl
udi
ngdisplacement,vel
oci
tyandaccel
eration.
Displacementdescri
besthedi st
ancethatthemeasur i
ngpointhasmov ed;vel
oci
tydescr
ibeshowfastt he
mov ementi s;andaccelerationisself-
explanator
y.Thet hreetypesar eallwidel
yused,specifi
cal l
y
accelerati
on,whichofferst hewidestfrequencyr angeandi sext ensi
velyappl
iedfordynamicf ault
analysis.

Av i
brati
onmoni t
ori
ngsy stem i
sacompl et
esyst
em t hatiscapabl
eofacquiri
ngv i
brati
onsi gnal
s
accordingt opre-determinedpar ameter
ssuchassampl i
ngf r
equency,v
ibr
ationl
evel,recordi
ngl ength,
recordingi nt
erval
sandf r
equencybandwidths.Thesy st
em shouldbeabl et oprocesst her ecorded
vibr
ationandt r
anslatethei nf
ormationtoi
ntuiti
vei
ndicati
onsf ort
hemachi neoperators,maintenance
stafforassetmanager s.

Vibrat
ionanaly
sisispredominantl
yappliedfortheconditi
onmoni t
oringonmachi ner
iesandtheirkey
rot
atingparts,i
ncl
udingbutnotli
mi t
edtoBear i
ngs,gears,shafts,f
reewheels.Rotat
ingmachinessuchas
gearboxes,mot or
s,fansanddr ive-t
rai
ns.Reciprocatemachi nessuchaspi st
onengines,reci
procate
compr essors,pumpsanddoormechani sms.Vibrati
onanal ysishasalsobeenempl oyedinstructur
al
heal
thmoni t
ori
ng,i
ncludi
ngbutnotlimitedtoBri
dges, Pi
pes,andTur bi
neblades.