Recommended Reading
These Documents are Recommended for those that Wish to Improve their Purchasing Skills
- for troubleshooting related services.
(in a recommended top-to-bottom reading order)
- B&K "Measuring sound"
- B&K "Measuring Vibration"
- B&K "Human Vibration (BR056 -old)"
- B&K "Human Vibration (BA7054 - new)"
- HP Application Note 243 - "The fundamentals of Signal Analysis"
- B&K "Structural Testing, Pt 1"
- B&K "Structural Testing, Pt 2"
- HP Application Note 243-3 - "The fundamentals of Modal Testing"
- HP Application Note 243-1 - "Effective Machinery Measurements using Dynamic Signal Analyzers"
Comment: The above was written in the 1980's-1990's and, in our opinion, still is the best material that is available for self study. It is worth your effort. Depending on your interest, you will see what to skip and where to stop reading. Enjoy.
The below material is suggested on A Case by Case Basis:
- B&K "Measurements in Building Acoustics"
- B&K "Environmental Noise Measurement"
- B&K "Environmental Noise"
- B&K "Sound Intensity"
- B&K "Vibration Testing"
- B&K "Architectural Acoustics"
- B&K "Noise Control"
- B&K "Mechanical Vibration and Shock Measurements"
- B&K "Reverberation Time"
- B&K "Leq, SEL WHAT? WHY? WHEN?"
- B&K "An Overview of Standards for Sound Power Determination"
- B&K "Time Windows"
- B&K "Gearbox Analysis using Cepstrum Analysis and Comb Liftering"
- B&K "Static and Dynamic Balancing of Rigid Rotors"
- B&K "Measuring Torsional Operational Deflection Shapes of Rotating Shafts"
- HP Application Note 243-7 - "Bearing Runout Measurement"
- J.E. Alexander "Shock Response Spectrum - A Primer"
For those that want a deeper understanding of Sensor Design and Application:
- B&K "Piezoelectric Accelerometers and Vibration Preamplifiers"
- B&K "Microphone Handbook vol. 1"
- B&K "Application of Bruel & Kjaer equipment to strain measurements"
- HP Application Note 290 "Practical Temperature Measurements"
- HP Application Note 290-1 "Practical Strain Gage Measurements"
- P.L. Walter "The History of the Accelerometer: 1920s-1996 Prologue and Epilogue, 2006"
For those interested in Measurement Technology:
- Gustavsson Lennart, Blom Elisabeth, Pedersen Niels Hald, Moritz Anders, Mårdsjö Olle, Oskarsson Jan. "Metod för kartläggning av bränslepartiklars rörelse och temperaturhistorik i rosterpannor/avfallsugnar - etapp 1 "
- Blom Elisabet, Gustavsson Lennart, Oskarsson Jan, Petersson Mats. "Metoder för kartläggning av bränslepartiklars rörelse- och temperaturhistorik i rosterpannor och avfallsugnar - etapp 2"
- Blom Elisabet, Nyquist Peter, Loyd Dan, "Sugpyrometern - en analys av instrumentet och råd till användare"
- Blom Elisabet, Gustafsson Bengt, Olsson Magnus, "Rosterövervakning med bildanalys"
- Blom Elisabet. "Metoder för rosterövervakning, dagslägesbestämning"
- Blom Elisabet, Ivarsson Christofer. "Förbättrad behovsstyrd sotning genom mätning av värmeöverförande tubernas egenfrekvens"
- Blom Elisabet, Fredö Claes, Gabrielsson Lars, Eriksson Daniel. "Förbättrad behovsstyrd sotning med hjälp av värmeöverförande tubens mekaniska egenskaper - etapp 2"
- M.A. Sanderson, C.R. Fredö, "Direct measurement of moment mobility: Part I: A theoretical study", JSV, Vol 179(4),1995
- M.A. Sanderson, "Direct measurement of moment mobility: Part II: An experimental study", JSV, Vol 179(4), 1995
- L.H. Ivarsson and M.A. Sanderson, "Comparsion of Some Moment Mobility Measuring Methods"
- L.H. Ivarsson and M.A. Sanderson, "MIMO technique for simultaneous measurement of translational and rotational mobilities", JSV, Vol 61(3), 2000
- L.H. Ivarsson, "An advanced excitation technique for measurement of unloaded multidirectional mobilities", JSV, Vol 18(5), 2004
- SVIB 40 years Jubilee Lecture (English Version)
- "Multi-disciplinary Measurement"
178 Ch Time ODS shows V4 Motor to Jump in its Axial Direction 2x per Revolution
178 Ch Time ODS Frozen at time of one Axial Jump with motion animated as Sine Vibration
For those interested in CAE and Modeling:
- S.J. Rienstra "What is a Model?"
- C.R. Fredö "Analysis Technology: Theory & Exploitation"
- T.V. Langenhoeve, C.R. Fredö, O. Brunner "FE Model Correlation and Mode Shape Updating using Qualifiaction Test Data - A Case Study on the Olympus Model"
- Fredö, C. R., Laveno, Å., Svensson, J., Wilmar, O., & Brunner, O., "Force Measurements during Vibration Tests with Sinusoidal Base Excitation"
- J.N Nielsen and C.R. Fredö "Multi Disciplinary Optimization of Railway Wheels"
- C.R.Fredö and A. Hedlund "NVH Optimization of truck cab floor panel embossing pattern", SAE_2005-01-2342
- C.R.Fredö and A. Hedlund "EP1812276: Structural Element"
- C.R. Fredö "A Modification of the SEA equations: A proposal on how to model damped car body systems with SEA", SAE_2005-01-2436
- C.R.Fredö and J. Brunskog "Experiences from FTF Nanoscience lab at Lund University: Use of a 2-stage system with very low natural frequency", SPIE205933-18
- Plunt, J., Fredö, C., and Sanderson, M., "On the Use and Misuse of Statistical Energy Analysis for Vehicle Noise Control"
- D.J. Ewins, "Model validation: Correlation for updating"
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For those interested in the Application of Designed Damping:
- J. Wigaard, C. Hoen & C.R. Fredö, "Designing Structural Damping to Avoid Resonance Problems in Structures, Piping and Subsea Equipment: Risk Reduction and Fatigue Life Improvement", OMAE2005-67456
- J. Wigaard & C.R. Fredö, "EP1807650: VISCO ELASTIC DAMPING IN A PIPING SYSTEM"
Books on Acoustics
- F.J. Fahy "Foundations of Engineering Acoustics"
- F.J. Fahy "Sound and Structural Vibration: Radiation, Transmission and Response"
- U. Ingaard "Acoustics"
- U. Ingaard "Noise Reduction Analysis"
- S.W. Rienstra and A. Hirschberg "An Introduction to Acoustics"
- A.D. Pierce "Acoustics: an Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications"
- M.S. Howe "Acoustics of Fluid-Structure Interactions"
- C.R, Brennen "Fundamentals of Multiphase Flows"