Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Abstract
We examine the dynamics of a healthy rotor and a rotor with a transverse crack, which opens and closes due to its self weight. Using discrete wavelet transform, we perform a multiresolution analysis of the measured vibration signal from each of these rotors. In particular, the measured vibration signal is decomposed into eight frequency bands, and the rms amplitude values of the healthy and cracked rotors are compared in the three lowest-frequency bands. The results indicate that the rms vibration amplitudes for the cracked rotor are larger than those of the healthy rotor in each of these three frequency bands. In the case of externally applied harmonic force excitation to the rotor, the rms values of the vibration amplitude of the cracked rotor are also found to be larger than those of a healthy rotor in the three lowest-frequency bands. Furthermore, the difference in the rms values between the healthy and cracked rotors in each of the three lowest-frequency bands is more pronounced in the presence of external excitation than that with no excitation. The obtained results suggest that the present multiresolution approach can be used effectively to detect the presence of a crack in a rotor.
Recommended Citation
Sawicki, J.T., Sen, A.K., and Litak, G., Multiresolution Wavelet Analysis of the Dynamics of a Cracked Rotor, International Journal of Rotating Machinery, Hindawi Publishing Company (2009), Article ID 265198, doi:10.1155/2009/265198.
DOI
10.1155/2009/265198
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
Copyright © 2009 Jerzy T. Sawicki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Volume
2009
Issue
1
Comments
This research has been funded by NASA’s “Research Opportunities in Aeronautics,” Grant no. NNX08AC31A.