Device for measuring parameters of impact pulses

• US 4,067,231 A
• Filed: 12/01/1976
• Issued: 01/10/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alexandr Sergeevich Yakshin, Dmitry Alexeevich Grechinsky, Oleg Nikolaevich Novikov, Viktor Alexandrovich Klochko, Viktor Georgievich Rygalin
• Original Assignee: Alexandr Sergeevich Yakshin, Dmitry Alexeevich Grechinsky, Oleg Nikolaevich Novikov, Viktor Alexandrovich Klochko, Viktor Georgievich Rygalin
• Inventors: Yakshin, Alexandr Sergeevich, Novikov, Oleg Nikolaevich, Klochko, Viktor Alexandrovich, Grechinsky, Dmitry Alexeevich, Rygalin, Viktor Georgievich
• Primary Examiner(s): Gill, James J.
• Application Number:
  US05/746,296
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 73/71.2, 73/71.4, 73/516 R, 73/517 R, 235/151.3
• US Class Current: 73/658
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 3/066 with electrical indicating or recording means
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration

Abstract

A device for measuring parameters of impact pulses comprises an acceleration pickup which converts mechanical vibrations of an object being studied into electrical signals, said electrical signals being supplied through an amplification unit to a means for measuring the impact speed variation.

Claims

1. A device for measuring parameters of impact pulses comprising:

an acceleration pickup having an output and which converts mechanical vibrations of the tested object into electrical signals;

an amplification unit having an input and an output, said input being connected to said output of said acceleration pickup; and

a means for measuring the impact speed variation having an input and being connected by said input to said output of said amplification unit, said means for measuring includes an integrator having a first, a second, a third and a fourth input and an output and being connected by said first input to said output of said amplification unit;

a first zero element having a first input, which is joined with said first input of said integrator and serves as said input of said means for measuring, a second input and an output;

a first reference voltage source having an output and being connected by said output to the second input of the first zero element;

a first switch having an input and an output being connected by its input to said output of the first zero element and by its output to said second input of said integrator so that the first switch permits passage of the input signal from said amplification unit to said first input of said integrator when a signal is fed to said first switch from the first zero element;

a leading pulse edge shaper having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of the first zero element;

a first flip-flop having a first and a second input and an output and being connected by its first input to said output of said leading pulse edge shaper and by its output to said third input of said integrator so that it ensures putting the integrator out of the zero state during the time of passage of the input signal from said amplification unit to said integrator;

a first trailing pulse edge shaper having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of the first zero element;

a second flip-flop having a first and a second input, and output, and an inverting output and being connected by its first input to said output of said first trailing pulse edge shaper;

a second switch having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said inverting output of the second flip-flop;

a second reference voltage source, whose polarity is opposite to the polarity of said input signal of said integrator, having an output;

said second switch having its output connected to said fourth input of said integrator so that it ensures connection of said output of said second reference voltage source to said fourth input of said integrator;

a reset pulse shaper having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of said leading pulse edge shaper;

a second zero element having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of said integrator;

a second trailing pulse edge shaper having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of said second zero element and by its output to the second inputs of the first and second flip-flops;

a transcription pulse shaper having an input and an output and being connected by its input to said output of said second trailing pulse edge shaper; and

a digital indicator of the value of the impact speed variation having a first, a second and a third input and being connected by its first input to said output of the second flip-flop, by its second input to said output of said reset pulse shaper and by its third input to said output of said transcriptranscription pulse shaper.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the digital indicator includes:

a high frequency pulse generator having an output;

a third switch having a first input, a second input and an output, said first input being connected to said output of said high frequency pulse generator, and said second input serving as said first input of said digital indicator;

a meter having an input, a reset line and an output, said input being connected to said output of said third switch, and said reset line serving as said second input of said digital indicator;

a memory register having an input, a transcription line and outputs, said input being connected to said output of said meter, and said transcription line serving as said third input of said digital indicator; and

an indicator display having inputs connected to said outputs of said memory register, said indicator display indicating the value of the variations of the impact speed.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first zero element includes:

a microcircuit having a noninverting input, an inverting input and an output, said noninverting input being said first input of said first zero device, said inverting input being said second input of said first zero device; and

a two-stage signal former including a first and a second transistor, a base resistor of said first transistor connecting the output of said microcircuit and the base of said first transistor, a base resistor of said second transistor connecting the collector of said first transistor and the base of said second transistor, collector resistors of each transistors being connected together, the collector of said second transistor being said output of said first zero element.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said first switch includes:

a first transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being said input of said first switch;

a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to said base resistor of said first transistor and serving as said input of said switch, the emitters of said first and said second transistors being connected together;

a resistor connecting said base of said second transistor and said collector resistor of said second transistor; and

a third transistor, the base being connected to said collector resistor of said first transistor and to said collector resistor of said second transistor, the emitter of said third transistor being said output of said first switch.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said leading pulse edge shaper includes:

a transistor, the collector being said output of said leading pulse edge shaper;

a capacitor connected to the base of said transistor, said capacitor being said input of said leading pulse edge shaper;

a first resistor connected to the base of said transistor; and

a second resistor connected to the collector of said transistor.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein said first trailing pulse edge shaper includes:

a first transistor having a collector resistor;

a capacitor connected to the base of said first transistor and being said input of said first trailing pulse edge shaper;

a first resistor connecting the base of said first transistor and said collector resistor of said first transistor;

a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to the collector of said first transistor, the collector of said transistor being said output of said first trailing pulse edge shaper.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second switch includes a transistor, the collector being said output of said second switch;

and a base resistor being the input of said second switch.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said reset pulse shaper includes a first transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being said input of said reset pulse shaper;

and a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to the collector of said first transistor, the collector of said transistor being said output of said reset pulse shaper.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second zero element includes a microcircuit having a non-inverting input, an inverting input and an output;

a first resistor connected to said non-inverting input of said microcircuit and being said input of said second zero element;

a bias source connected to said inverting input of said microcircuit;

a first transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to said output of said microcircuit; and

a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to the collector of said first transistor, the collector of said second transistor being said output of said second zero element.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second trailing pulse edge shaper includes:

a first transistor having a collector resistor;

a capacitor connected to the base of said first transistor and being said input of said second trailing pulse edge shaper;

a first resistor connecting the base of said first transistor and said collector resistor of said first transistor;

a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being connected to the collector of said first transistor, the collector of said transistor being said output of said second trailing pulse edge shaper.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein said transcription pulse shaper includes a transistor, the collector being said output of said transcription pulse shaper;

a base resistor being said input of said transcription pulse shaper; and

a collector resistor.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein said integrator includes:

a first microcircuit having an inverting input, a non-inverting input and an output, said output being said output of said integrator;

a first resistor connected to said non-inverting input of said first microcircuit;

a second resistor connected to said inverting input of said first microcircuit and being said second input of said integrator;

a third resistor connected to said second resistor and being said first input of said integrator;

a capacitor connecting said output and said inverting input of said first microcircuit;

a fourth resistor connected to said inverting input of said first microcircuit and being said fourth input of said integrator;

a second microcircuit having a non-inverting input, an inverting input and an output, said non-inverting input being connected to said output of said first microcircuit;

a fifth resistor connected to said output of said second microcircuit;

a sixth resistor connecting said fifth resistor and said inverting input of said first microcircuit;

a first transistor, the emitter being connected to said fifth resistor;

a second transistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, said base resistor being said third input of said integrator;

a seventh resistor connecting the base of said first transistor and the collector of said second transistor;

an eighth resistor connecting said collector resistor of said second transistor and the base of said second transistor;

a third resistor having a base resistor and a collector resistor, the base resistor being said third input of said integrator, the emitter of said third transistor being connected to the emitter of said second transistor; and

a ninth resistor connecting the base of said first transistor and the collector of said second transistor.