System and method for nondestructive vibrational testing
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1. A system for nondestructive vibrational testing of an object, comprising:
- load sensor means associated with the object and having an input for receiving a voltage input and an output for providing a sensor output, said load sensor means being responsive to said voltage input and to vibration of said object for generating said sensor output;
a hardware system connected to said load sensor means and responsive to said sensor output from said load sensor means for acquiring data relative to vibration of the object;
said hardware system including voltage regulating means connected to the input of said load sensor means for providing a regulated voltage input to said load sensor means;
said hardware system further including signal conditioning means connected to the output of said load sensor means for receiving and conditioning the sensor output from said load sensor means and capable to provide an amplified signal output, analog-to-digital converter means for receiving said amplified signal output from the signal conditioning means for converting said amplified signal output to a total of 1536 data samples in digital form; and
a digital computer system responsive to said data samples, said digital computer system including means for selecting 512 data samples from the 1536 data samples, and analyzing the selected data samples.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for nondestructive vibrational testing of a specimen, such as a paper core tube. The system analyzes transverse vibrations of the simply supported specimen. The system measures the weight change at one end of the specimen and determines the frequency of vibration and the rate of energy loss. The testing is such that the specimen can be used after testing.
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1. A system for nondestructive vibrational testing of an object, comprising:
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load sensor means associated with the object and having an input for receiving a voltage input and an output for providing a sensor output, said load sensor means being responsive to said voltage input and to vibration of said object for generating said sensor output; a hardware system connected to said load sensor means and responsive to said sensor output from said load sensor means for acquiring data relative to vibration of the object; said hardware system including voltage regulating means connected to the input of said load sensor means for providing a regulated voltage input to said load sensor means; said hardware system further including signal conditioning means connected to the output of said load sensor means for receiving and conditioning the sensor output from said load sensor means and capable to provide an amplified signal output, analog-to-digital converter means for receiving said amplified signal output from the signal conditioning means for converting said amplified signal output to a total of 1536 data samples in digital form; and a digital computer system responsive to said data samples, said digital computer system including means for selecting 512 data samples from the 1536 data samples, and analyzing the selected data samples. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for nondestructive vibrational testing of an object, comprising:
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load sensor means associated with the object and having an input for receiving a voltage input and an output for providing a sensor output, said load sensor means being responsive to said voltage input and to vibration of said object for generating said sensor output; a hardware system connected to said load sensor means and responsive to said sensor output from said load sensor means for acquiring data relative to vibration of the object; said hardware system including voltage regulating means connected to the input of said load sensor means for providing a regulated voltage input to said load sensor means; said hardware system further including signal conditioning means connected to the output of said load sensor means for receiving and conditioning the sensor output from said load sensor means and capable to provide an amplified signal output, analog-to-digital converter means for receiving said amplified signal output from the signal conditioning means for converting said amplified signal output to a total of 1536 data samples in digital form; and a digital computer system responsive to said data samples said digital computer system including means for selecting 512 data samples from the 1536 data samples and for determining data corresponding to the rate of energy lost by the object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for nondestructive vibrational testing of an object, comprising:
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load sensor means associated with the object and having an input for receiving a voltage input and an output for providing a sensor output, said load sensor means being responsive to said voltage input and to vibration of said object for generating said sensor output; a hardware system connected to said load sensor means and responsive to said sensor output from said load sensor means for acquiring data relative to vibration of the object; said hardware system including voltage regulating means connected to the input of said load sensor means for providing a regulated voltage input to said load sensor means; said hardware system further including signal conditioning means connected to the output of said load sensor means for receiving and conditioning the sensor output from said load sensor means and capable to provide an amplified signal output, analog-to-digital converter means for receiving said amplified signal output from the signal conditioning means for converting said amplified signal output to a total of 1536 data samples in digital form; and a digital computer system including means for setting parameters for the object prompting the computer system for data by positioning an object inputting geometry and weight data of the specimen, checking a voltage dial setting of said signal conditioning means, inputting a sampling rate, setting initial sample data Io equal to the 512th sample point; displaying 512 selected data samples of 1536 generated data samples starting with Io ; waiting for a key press of input commands; and prompting the computer system again for data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for nondestructive vibrational testing, comprising the steps of:
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setting parameters of a computer system; checking for a math co-processor in the computer system; prompting the computer system for data by positioning a specimen, inputting geometry and weight data of the specimen, checking a voltage dial setting, inputting a sampling rate, sending the data to a remote unit, waiting for an initial sample, and sending the initial sample to a host computer; setting initial sample data Io equal to the 512th sample point; displaying 512 data points of 1536 possible data points starting with Io ; waiting for a key press of input commands; and
prompting the computer system again for data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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