Remote vibrometry recognition of nonlinear eigen-states for object coverage of randomly large size

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that remote vibrometry can effectively recognize nonlinear eigen-states of large objects by using full-structure sensing, revealing more vibration data and mode transition probabilities, which enhances vehicle identification and understanding of system dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces a simulation method for remote vibrometry that captures comprehensive vibration data over entire structures, improving mode detection and transition analysis compared to point measurements.

Findings

Full-structure sensing reveals more vibration modes.

Transition probabilities between modes can be calculated.

Energy of vibration modes decreases with increasing frequency.

Abstract

For objects of "large" vibration size such as waves on the sea surface, the choice of measurement method can create different understandings of system behavior. In one case, laser vibrometry measurements of a vibrating bar in a controlled laboratory setting, variation in probe spot size can omit or uncover crucial structural vibration mode coupling data. In another case, a finite element simulation of laser vibrometry measures a nonlinearly clattering armor plate system of a ground vehicle. The simulation shows that sensing the system dynamics simultaneously over the entire structure reveals more vibration data than point measurements using a small diameter laser beam spot, regardless of the variation of footprint (coverage) boundaries. Furthermore, a simulation method described herein allows calculation of transition probabilities between modes (change-of-state). Wideband results of both cases demonstrate the 1/$f$ trend explained within -- that the energy of discrete structural vibration modes tends to decrease with increasing mode number (and frequency), and why. These results quantify the use of less expensive non-imaging classification systems for vehicle identification using the remote sensing of surface vibrations \emph{while mitigating spectral response distortion due to coverage variation on the order of the structural wavelength} (spectral reduction or elimination).