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Title: | Experimentally validated structural vibration frequencies’ prediction from frictional temperature signatures using numerical simulation: A case of laced cantilever beam-like structures |
Authors: | Talai, Stephen M. Desai, Dawood A. Heyns, Stephan P. |
Keywords: | Structural health monitoring Vibration frequency Finite element analysis Infrared thermography |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Sage |
Abstract: | This article pertains to the prediction of structural vibration frequencies from frictional temperature evolution through numerical simulation. To achieve this, a finite element analysis was carried on AISI 304 steel cantilever beam-like structures coupled with a lacing wire using the commercial software ABAQUS/CAE. The coupled temperature–displacement transient analysis simulated the frictional thermal generation. Furthermore, an experimental analysis was carried out with infrared cameras capturing the interfacial thermal images while the beams were subjected to forced excitation, thus validating the finite element analysis results. The analysed vibration frequencies using a MATLAB fast Fourier transform algorithm confirmed the validity of its prediction from the frictional temperature time domain waveform. This finding has a great significance to the mechanical and aerospace engineering communities for the effective structural health monitoring of dynamic structures online using infrared thermography, thus reducing the downtime and maintenance cost, leading to increased efficiency. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814016685001 http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5708 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Engineering |
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