Basics of Sound & Vibration Measurements
- Start Date : 9 February, 2027
- Start Time : 8:00am
- End Date : 9 February, 2027
- End Time : 12:00pm
- Address : Salon VII, N Tower
No Schedule
This half-day tutorial will introduce the attendee to some of the basic motivations, terminology and theory involved with making sound and vibrations measurements. Subjects covered will include why we measure sound and vibration, typical applications and the sensors used to make these kinds of measurements. Discussion will also cover how these measurements are made using today’s modern data acquisition equipment and the challenges involved with making quality measurements. This tutorial is designed to benefit the metrologist that is interested in how microphones and accelerometers they calibrate are used and the test engineer that is moving into the field of making sound and vibration measurements.
Mike Mains
30+ years with focus on Calibration System Development, plus expertise in Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis. The Modal Shop, Inc, An Amphenol Company, Ohio Product Specialist, Software and Mechanical Engineer at The Modal Shop, working with TMS’s Structural Test Product’s, Calibration Systems, and Resonant Inspection NonDestructive Testing Systems. Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati and Faculty Advisor for Bearcat Motorsports, the organization for the University of Cincinnati’s Formula FSAE and SAE Baja teams Member of IMEKO TC22 and participates in TC3 and TC16 Presented on various subjects from dynamic sensor metrology to digital sensors and their implementation with ChatGPT, to ballistics testing using conformalpressure sensors and Modal Analysis with a focus on Modal Parameter Estimation. 14 years as a Senior Software Developer at Bruel & Kjaie Written and/or co-authored numerous technical papers including: “The Impact Calibration Technique for Piezoelectric Force Sensors” “Comparison of Calibration Techniques for Piezoelectric Force Sensors “Orthogonality for Modal Vector Correlation: The Effects of Removing Degrees-of-Freedom” A “Local Solve” Method for Extracting Modal Parameters from Inconsistent Data” Theoretical Foundations for High-Performance Order Tracking with the Vold-Kalman Tracking Filter” “Multi Axle Order Tracking with the Vold-Kalman Tracking Filter” “Structural Control and Monitoring Using Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Filtering” “Investigation of the Effects of Transducer Cross-Sensitivity and Misalignment Error on Modal Vector Correlation” “Investigation of Methods for Pre-Testing, Correlating and Updating Analytical and Experimental Modal Models”