Methods of analysing apparatus
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1. A method for determining an artifact in a component, the method comprising:
- a) exciting the component to induce a resonance response;
b) calculating real and imaginary components of bi-coherence b of the resonance response at pk0 and qk0, where p and q are integers and k0 is a component resonant frequency;
c) determining a position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components in two-dimensional space; and
d) determining the presence of the artifact in the component from the position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components;
wherein the component is a blade;
wherein the blade is mounted on a shaft; and
wherein the blade is excited by rotating the shaft at a selected rotational velocity such that an order related component of the shaft intersects with the natural frequency range of the blade.
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Abstract
Engine health monitoring is used to assess the health of an engine, such as a gas turbine engine. Blades mounted on a shaft produce a modal response when excited. The shaft has an order related component that varies with the rotational velocity of the shaft. Modal responses are increased when the natural frequency range of the selected blade mode intersects with one of the order related components. By applying a short time chirp-Fourier transform with a frequency speed that is a function of a rate of change in the rotational velocity of the shaft a selected signal can be isolated. Cracks in the blades can be detected from the isolated signal.
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1. A method for determining an artifact in a component, the method comprising:
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a) exciting the component to induce a resonance response; b) calculating real and imaginary components of bi-coherence b of the resonance response at pk0 and qk0, where p and q are integers and k0 is a component resonant frequency; c) determining a position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components in two-dimensional space; and d) determining the presence of the artifact in the component from the position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components; wherein the component is a blade; wherein the blade is mounted on a shaft; and wherein the blade is excited by rotating the shaft at a selected rotational velocity such that an order related component of the shaft intersects with the natural frequency range of the blade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for determining an artifact in a component, the method comprising:
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a) exciting the component to induce a resonance response; b) calculating real and imaginary components of bi-coherence b of the resonance response at pk0 and qk0, where p and q are integers and k0 is a component resonant frequency; c) determining a position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components in two-dimensional space; d) determining the presence of the artifact in the component from the position or area of the calculated real and imaginary components; and e) correcting the artifact in the component.
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