The Mechanical Vibrations Lab at Wright
State University is a modern facility for performing advanced vibration
analysis. The Vibrations Lab is used for undergraduate education, graduate
education, senior design projects, and advanced research. Information on
specific student projects is available on-line.
Equipment in the lab includes accelerometers, miniature accelerometers,
an optical displacement sensor, load sensors, impact hammers, miniature
impact hammers, shakers, and piezoceramic patch actuator/sensors. Data
is analyzed using oscilloscopes and Fourier analyzers (Siglab).
Custom modal analysis software and nonlinear system ID software is used.
Basic experiments performed in the lab for undergraduate education include time and frequency
domain vibration analysis of simple structures including MDOF modal analysis.