A Novel Approach To Whole Field Vibration Analysis Using A Pulsed Laser System

F. Mendoza Santoyo; D. Kerr; J. R. Tyrer; T. West

doi:10.1117/12.961705

26 October 1989 A Novel Approach To Whole Field Vibration Analysis Using A Pulsed Laser System

F. Mendoza Santoyo, D. Kerr, J. R. Tyrer, T. West

Proceedings Volume 1136, Holographic Optics II: Principles and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961705
Event: 1989 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1989, Paris, France

Abstract

Holographic and Speckle Pattern Interferometry utilising continuous wave lasers has so far been useful only as a laboratory tool. A major drawback limiting its introduction to industrial applications is the degree of environmental stability needed to obtain high quality fringes. Application of a pulsed laser to Holographic Interferometry has been demonstrated by several workers to show significant improvement in stability and scope of application. In a similar way, a pulsed laser can produce speckle correlation fringes on a single frame from a CCD TV camera, thus eliminating environmental sensitivity problems and rigid body motion. Results obtained with Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI) incorporating a pulsed YAG laser are reported. Vibration and static deformation fringes have been produced for a clamped metal plate. With a double pulse laser, the first pulse can he positioned at any time during the vibration cycle. The firing of the second pulse depends on the scanning time of a single field of the CCD camera. Due to the pulsing action of the laser the vibration amplitude fringe pattern can he animated on the TV screen to gain a visual impression of the surface motion. A new technique has been developed for extracting deformation and shape information from interferometric fringes. It involves a significant improvement in environmental stability and reduced computational effort. Problems due to noise and data ambiguity are eliminated with the extraction of phase information from only two digitised interferograms. Continuous wave, stroboscopic and pulsed laser illumination are all amenable to this one technique. Results employing the new fringe processing algorithms are presented. Comparisons are made with data obtained with a computer Finite Element prediction for the same target.

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F. Mendoza Santoyo, D. Kerr, J. R. Tyrer, and T. West "A Novel Approach To Whole Field Vibration Analysis Using A Pulsed Laser System", Proc. SPIE 1136, Holographic Optics II: Principles and Applications, (26 October 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961705

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