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AssigneeSchlumberger Electronics (U.K.) Limited
InventorsDavid R. Lax, Michael Page, James S. Johnstone
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In order to ensure that the vibrations of a system under test are in accordance with a reference spectral density Z(w), the system is driven by a signal x.sub.n (t) provided by an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) with random phases introduced by a function R.sub.n (w) and the response spectral density Y.sub.n (w) provided by a DFT is brought into agreement with Z(w) by a feedback loop. Moreover, in order to ensure that this is done in one iteration, X'.sub.n (w) is derived from x.sub.n (t) by a DFT and divided by Y.sub.n (w) and the quotient is multiplied with Z(w) to provide the new input x.sub.n (w) for the IDFT. The division cancels out the random factor which is present in both X'.sub.n (w) and Y.sub.n (w).The system thus equalizes both rapidly and stably.
In apparatus for random vibration control, of the type comprising means for controlling a driver for imparting vibrations to a system under test, means for receiving a signal from a transducer sensing the actual vibrations of the system under test, and a feedback loop arranged between the said means to equalize the apparatus to a state in which the power spectrum of the actual vibrations approximates a reference power spectrum, wherein the feedback loop includes means for performing the discrete Fourier transfer (DFT), means for performing the inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT), equalizing means responsive to the output of the DFT means and the reference power spectrum to establish the input to the IDFT means, and means for randomizing the phases of the components of the drive signal for the driver provided by the IDFT means, the improvement wherein the equalizing means comprise first means operative to compare the output of the DFT means with the corresponding drive signal in the frequency domain and second means responsive to the reference power spectrum and to the first means to derive the input to the IDFT means in accordance with the reference power spectrum modified by the results of the comparison to equalize the power spectrum of the actual vibrations to the reference power spectrum.
A method of automatic random vibration control, comprising the steps of:
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