Further developments in material properties determined by vibration analysis

Lauge Fuglsang Nielsen, Lotte Andreasen, Mette Seifert

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    Abstract

    A method was described in Materialnyt 1 (1995) on "Material properties determined by vibration analysis". This new method of materials testing has been further developed as the result of research at the Building Materials Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark.Practical aspects of the method have been studied by testing a number of building materials. The method has been PC-integrated with the Brüel & Kjær's type 3550 vibration equipment - and special user menus have been developed to facilitate handling of the method in practice. Limits on range of test frequencies applied are discussed with respect to configurations of vibration equipment and shapes of test specimens used. Sensitivity studies have been made to identify sources of errors which may disturb the reliability of the method used in practice. Practical aspects with respect to test set-ups are considered in these studies - as well as theoretical aspects with respect to the handling of mathematics involved to convert vibration signals to material properties. The latter aspects are referred to in this research note where the numerical part of the method described in Materialenyt 1 (1995) is imporved.The reader of this note is assumed to be familiar with the method considered as it is described in Materialenyt 1 (1995) previously referred to. The whole set-up, including symbols, terms, viscoelastic models, and some equations refer to this publication directly without further comments.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 1997

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