System and method for ratiometrically processing sensed speed and vibration signals for a non-uniformly rotating body
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1. A method for characterizing the vibration of a rotating body comprising the steps of:
- monitoring vibration signals during a measurement period;
asynchronously monitoring rotational speed signals during said measurement period, simultaneously with said monitoring of vibration signals;
concurrently processing said simultaneously monitored vibration and speed signals; and
ratiometrically combining said vibration and speed signals to yield the absolute magnitude and relative phase of vibration of said body.
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Abstract
A digital ratiometric tracking filter provides superior measurement of the magnitude and phase of vibration of a rotating body, at uniform or non-uniform rotational speed. The sensed speed and vibration signals are concurrently processed and subsequently combined to produce the absolute magnitude and relative phase measurements. The concurrent processing of the sensed signals assures that any system-introduced errors are found in both signals and can be uniformly eliminated by the ratiometric processing thereof.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for characterizing the vibration of a rotating body comprising the steps of:
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monitoring vibration signals during a measurement period; asynchronously monitoring rotational speed signals during said measurement period, simultaneously with said monitoring of vibration signals; concurrently processing said simultaneously monitored vibration and speed signals; and ratiometrically combining said vibration and speed signals to yield the absolute magnitude and relative phase of vibration of said body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for characterizing the magnitude and relative phase of vibration of a rotating body comprising the steps of:
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sensing vibration signals during a measurement period; asynchronously sensing rotational speed signals during said measurement period simultaneously with said sensing vibration signal; and concurrently processing said vibration signals and said rotational speed signals, wherein said concurrent processing comprises converting said sensed vibration signals into analog vibration voltage signals; converting said speed signals from time-based signals to frequency based speed signals; effecting conversion of said analog vibration voltage signals and said frequency-based speed signals from analog to digital vibration and speed signals; filtering said digital vibration and speed signals; detecting the magnitudes of said digital vibration and speed signals; detecting the phases of said digital vibration and speed signals; combining said magnitudes of said digital vibration and speed signals to obtain the proportional magnitude of vibration of said rotating body; and combining said phases of said digital vibration and speed signals to obtain the relative phase of vibration of said rotating body. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tracking filter system for providing the amplitude and phase of vibration of a rotating body, when the rotational rate is uniform or non-uniform comprising:
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a first sensor for producing vibration signals; a second sensor for producing first speed signals; means for converting said vibration signals into vibration frequency signals; means for converting said first speed signals into frequency-based second speed signals; means responsive to said first speed signals for determining the magnitude of said vibration frequency signals and second speed signals; means for determining the phases of said vibration frequency signals and said second speed signals; means for combining said magnitudes to produce the magnitude of vibration of said rotating body; and means for combining said phases to produce the phase of vibration of said rotating body. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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