Interaction between electrodynamic exciters and the structure under test in multiple input tests

Author(s)

Leopoldo Pisanelli Rodrigues de Oliveira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2003-04-30

Examining board members

Paulo Sergio Varoto; José Manoel Baltazar; Flávio Donizeti Marques

• Advisor: Paulo Sergio Varoto

Abstract

An analytical and experimental study of the interaction between electrodynamic exciters and the structure under test is presented, and the causes and effects of this interaction on the obtained data quality are discussed. Initially, some numerical simulations are performed concerning the shaker\'s mechanical and electrical features. Once the shaker model is defined, some tests with structures were simulated in order to obtain the input forces and the estimated frequency response functions to be compared with the measured FRFs. Afterwards, the rotational degrees of freedom were included in the shaker and structure models. Ending this section, tests with multiple input forces were simulated. The experimental results confirm most of the phenomena observed in the simulation section, such as the input force drop-off and the influence of the shaker / power amplifier assembly on the structure\'s response. The tests conducted with a steal beam confirmed the effects predicted by the simulations. Therefore, these results are compared with others, obtained from alternative methods such as impact test and closed loop shaker tests. Tests with structures like a truck tyre and a tubular chassis complement the assessment of single input tests. The tests performed with the objective of validating the models considering rotational degrees of freedom show that these quantities cannot be neglected, mainly when base driven tests are concerned. Also, the efficiency of FRF estimators applied to shaker tests, in the presence of noise on the input and output channels is verified experimentally. The multiple input tests corroborate the effects observed in the simulations, in general, a reduction of the droopoff on the force and an improvement on the input energy distribution on the structure. (AU)