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Impact Hammer Test Software - Modal Test Software

Modal Test Software NVH-Imp offers all functions for experimental modal analysis.

The YouTube presentation shows you how to work with an impulse hammer and a non-contact sensor.

It is realized with a two channel measurement data acquisition.

Our modal test software supports measurement data acquisition from different manufacturers up to 16 channels.

Modal Test Software NVH-Imp

Impact Hammer Test Software

Impulse Hammer Test

NVH-Imp Function Overview

REALTIME DATA PROCESSING
GRAPHICS AND VISUALISATION
User interface
Configurable graph screens
Time domain
Recorder (1 to 16 Ch, real-time autoscaling)
Scope (trigger, persistence, envelope), Analog/digital meter, tabular display, overload indicator
Multi domain
XY recorder (Lissajous), 2D graph, Orbit graph
FRF plot (amplitude/phase/real/imaginary vs frequency)
Application specific
FRF geometry, Modal circle, Rotor balancer, Harmonic FFT, Vector scope
Auto-generating of displays with typical application setup
DATA IMPORT
ASCII *.txt
WAV *.wav
MP3 *.mp3
Stiegele Datasystems MicroEdition, *.mdf
TEAC TAFFmat Format, *.hdr, *.dat
DATA EXPORT
ASCII *.txt
Excel *.csv
FILTERING
IIR
Low pass/high pass/band pass/ 2nd to 6th order, Butterworth
STATISTICS
Calculation base
Time based
Types
RMS, Average, Peak-Peak
Data range
Running, Triggered, Start-Stop
REFERENCE CURVES
Types
time, value, dual-value, vector, XY, frequency domain with interpolation
TIME DOMAIN
ANALYSIS
Integration/Derivation
single/double with adjustable filter, automatic unit conversion
(e.g. acceleration to velocity to displacement) FFT
FFT ANALYSER
General
multiple independent FFT analyzers at the same time
Amplitude types
amplitude FFT (Ampl, RMS, Power, PSD, RMS SD), Complex FFT (Real/Imag/Ampl/Phase)
Windowing
Hanning / Hamming
Window overlap
0, 10, 25, 50, 66, 75, 90 %
Triggered FFT
triggered time-range with pre- and post-trigger as input, auto calculation of window resolution, averaging of triggered FFT‘s, e.g. for bump – impulse hammer test application
DC cut off
0,5 Hz
FFT block size
26, 51, 101, 201, 401, 801, 1601, 3201, 6401, 12801, 25601
Acoustic weighting
A, B, C, Lin (Z)
Octave
1/3, type; Lin/A/B/C weighting, Lin/Pk avg with overlap
Visualization
amplitude axis with real-time autoscaling: Lin/log/0dB/reference dB/Sound(A)
Post processing
possible to add/change all calculations offline on the stored raw data
Spectrum markers
Free
MODAL TEST
Impact hammer method
roving hammer/roving accelerometer moving through points, averaging of multiple hits, double hit rejection, rejecting of hits (action buttons), grouping of sensors, adjustable excitation, and response window
Free-run mode
Function generator (Apollo Series) for shaker excitation (swept sine, burst, chirp…) Hanning/Hamming windowing with overlap 0, 25, 50, 66, 75 % operating deflection shapes (Spectral ODS)
FRF
Receptance, Effective Mass, Mobility, Impedance, Dynamic Compliance, Dynamic Stiffness, Transmissibility
Modal Parameters
Mode Indicator Function (MIF), extract exact frequencies and damping factors with Modal circle fit (Option)
Post processing
FRF from stored raw data, in free-run mode
Geometry
Geometry editor, load, save, import models in UFF (UNV) format (Option)
Animation
movement of nodes for selected frequency (place marker), change speed and amplitude (Option)
Data export
Complex data (Real/Imag/Ampl/Phase) in UFF (UNV) format or any other, see Software Export section