US 12,292,409 B2
Method and apparatus for determining mechanical parameters by means of mechanical excitations
Harald Schönenborn, Munich (DE); Lukas Kohlmann, Munich (DE); Stefan Schwarz, Munich (DE); Malte Krack, Stuttgart (DE); and Benjamin Seeger, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/779,316
Filed by MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/000297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110190, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019218809.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213485 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 29/12 (2006.01); F01D 5/34 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G01M 13/00 (2019.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 29/12 (2013.01) [F01D 5/34 (2013.01); G01H 9/00 (2013.01); G01M 5/0016 (2013.01); G01M 5/0066 (2013.01); G01M 13/00 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); F05D 2260/83 (2013.01); G01N 2291/014 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A device for ascertaining at least one mechanical parameter of a mechanical object, and configured to: carry out a first excitation of the mechanical object using a multifrequency signal, the multifrequency signal being acoustic and a chirp signal or sweep signal, a length of the sweep signal or of the chirp signal is shorter than a mechanical settling time of the mechanical object; detect a first response signal of the mechanical object at at least one measuring point at the mechanical object; transform the first response signal from a time range into a frequency-dependent range; carry out a second excitation of the mechanical object based on selected frequencies; detect a second response signal of the mechanical object at the at least one measuring point of the mechanical object; and ascertain the mechanical parameter based on the second response signal; wherein the first excitation or the second excitation takes place via a plurality of speakers, each of which excites a portion of the mechanical object and a calibration of a sound level and of a phase takes place in succession for one or multiple speakers.