Rainflow fatigue cycles can be easily calculated for a single-degree-of-freedom subjected to a sine or sine sweep base input. The reason is that each pair of consecutive positive and negative response peaks forms a half-cycle. The relative fatigue damage can then be calculated from the… Read more
PowerPoint File: webinar_25_pyrotechnic_shock.pptx Audio Visual File: NESC Academy Pyrotechnic Shock – Recommend viewing in Firefox with Sliverlight Plugin * * * Data: rv_separation.dat – time (sec) & accel (G) * * * Matlab script: Vibrationdata Signal Analysis Package * * * Python version: webinar_25_pyrotechnic_shock_python.pptx Python… Read more
PowerPoint File: Webinar_24_Seismic_Shock.pptx Audio/Visual File: NESC Academy Seismic Shock – Recommend viewing in Firefox with Sliverlight Plugin * * * Data: elcentro_NS.dat – time (sec) & accel (G) * * * Matlab script: Vibrationdata Signal Analysis Package * * * Python Webinar_24_Seismic_Shock_python.pptx Python script: Python… Read more
Here is a paper showing how fatigue damage can be calculated from a stress response PSD for a plate excited by an acoustic pressure field: acoustic_fatigue_plate.pdf The calculation method is given at: Fatigue Damage for a Stress Response PSD * * * The Matlab scripts… Read more
This Webinar unit shows how to perform spectral analyses on sound files using the Matlab & Python Vibrationdata packages. PowerPoint File: Webinar_sound_files.ppt – Matlab & Python Audio/Visual File: NESC Academy Sound File Processing – Recommend viewing in Firefox with Sliverlight Plugin * * * The sample… Read more
PowerPoint File: Webinar_23_Classical_Shock_Pulses.pptx Audio/Visual File: NESC Academy Classical Shock Pulse – Recommend viewing in Firefox with Sliverlight Plugin * * * Matlab script: Vibrationdata Signal Analysis Package * * * Python Webinar_23_Classical_Shock_Pulses_python.pptx Python Signal Analysis Package GUI * * * See also: SRS Educational Animation See… Read more
I recently flew as a passenger in a CRJ-200 (aka CL-65) jet similar to the one shown in Figure 1. This aircraft has two General Electric CF34-3B1 turbofan engines, as shown in Figure 2. Here are the rotational speeds for each rotor. N1 Fan Speed… Read more
PowerPoint File: webinar_22_integration_part_2.ppt Audio/Visual File: NESC Academy Integration and Differentiation – Recommend viewing in Firefox with Sliverlight Plugin * * * ASCII Text Data Files: navmat_spec.psd two_wheeled_trailer_vertical.txt * * * Matlab script: Vibrationdata Signal Analysis Package * * * Python version: Unit_22_integration_part_2_python.ppt Python Signal Analysis Package GUI… Read more
The Pierson–Moskowitz (PM) spectra is an empirical relationship that defines the distribution of energy with frequency within the ocean. The result is given as a wave height power spectra density. Developed in 1964, the PM spectrum is one of the simplest descriptions for the energy… Read more
Here is a paper. Estimating Fatigue Damage from Stress Power Spectral Density Functions: estimate_fatigue_psd.pdf Note that the duration for the example in the paper was 600 sec. * * * This following Matlab program calculates the cumulative rainflow fatigue damage for an input stress PSD… Read more