A centrifugal rotating machine includes a rotor in which impellers are attached to the axial ends of a rotating shaft that extends in the axial direction, said impellers rotating in a rotating direction around the rotating shaft so as to draw in fluid from an intake side in the axial direction and discharge fluid from the outer side thereof in the radial direction. According to this device for measuring dynamic characteristics of said centrifugal rotating machine, a cover for covering an impeller is attached to a region of the impeller other than an intake opening on the intake side thereof, and a magnetic force generator for vibrating the impeller by magnetic force is disposed so as to face the cover.

A method for detecting an oscillation of a vehicle part for a vehicle contains a step for applying an electric excitation signal to at least one electric coil. The at least one electric coil is inductively coupled to at least one position element. The at least one position element is coupled to the vehicle part. The method also contains a step for inputting an electric coil signal from the at least one electric coil. The electric coil signal is tapped at the at least one coil in response to the electric excitation signal and affected by the at least one position element. The method also contains a step for determining at least one property of the oscillation of the vehicle part based on the input electric coil signal.

A method for detecting an oscillation of a vehicle part for a vehicle contains a step for applying an electric excitation signal to at least one electric coil. The at least one electric coil is inductively coupled to at least one position element. The at least one position element is coupled to the vehicle part. The method also contains a step for inputting an electric coil signal from the at least one electric coil. The electric coil signal is tapped at the at least one coil in response to the electric excitation signal and affected by the at least one position element. The method also contains a step for determining at least one property of the oscillation of the vehicle part based on the input electric coil signal.

According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a structure body, an element portion, and a power line. The structure body includes a supporter and a film portion. The film portion is supported by the supporter and includes an end portion. The end portion is aligned with a first direction and supported by the supporter. The element portion includes a first element provided at the film portion. The first element includes a first magnetic layer, a first opposing magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the film portion, and a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the first opposing magnetic layer. A second direction from the first opposing magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer crosses the first direction. The power line is electrically insulated from the element portion. The power line includes a portion aligned with the first direction.

According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a structure body, an element portion, and a power line. The structure body includes a supporter and a film portion. The film portion is supported by the supporter and includes an end portion. The end portion is aligned with a first direction and supported by the supporter. The element portion includes a first element provided at the film portion. The first element includes a first magnetic layer, a first opposing magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the film portion, and a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the first opposing magnetic layer. A second direction from the first opposing magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer crosses the first direction. The power line is electrically insulated from the element portion. The power line includes a portion aligned with the first direction.

A condition monitoring system for a wind turbine generator includes an orientation sensor installed in a nacelle and configured to detect an orientation of the nacelle and a condition monitoring unit configured to receive an output from the orientation sensor and perform at least any one of recording, analysis, or transmission of a signal. The condition monitoring unit preferably detects, based on the output from the orientation sensor, the movement along the rotation direction of the nacelle associated with a torsional oscillation of the tower. The orientation sensor can also detect slow directional fluctuations that are difficult to detect using an acceleration sensor or the like, and thus, can satisfactorily detect the rotation of the nacelle associated with the torsional oscillation of the tower.

A condition monitoring system for a wind turbine generator includes an orientation sensor installed in a nacelle and configured to detect an orientation of the nacelle and a condition monitoring unit configured to receive an output from the orientation sensor and perform at least any one of recording, analysis, or transmission of a signal. The condition monitoring unit preferably detects, based on the output from the orientation sensor, the movement along the rotation direction of the nacelle associated with a torsional oscillation of the tower. The orientation sensor can also detect slow directional fluctuations that are difficult to detect using an acceleration sensor or the like, and thus, can satisfactorily detect the rotation of the nacelle associated with the torsional oscillation of the tower.

A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based sensor device includes a MTJ element and processing circuitry. The MTJ element includes a free layer, a pinned layer, an elastic layer, and a tunnel barrier. The free layer is spaced apart from the pinned layer by the tunnel barrier and the elastic layer. The processing circuitry is configured to measure a resistance at the MTJ element and determine whether mechanical shock and vibration has occurred based on the resistance at the MTJ element.

This invention describes a magnetoresistive inertial sensor chip, comprising a substrate, a vibrating diaphragm, a magnetic field sensing magnetoresistor and at least one permanent magnet thin film. The vibrating diaphragm is located on one side surface of the substrate. The magnetic field sensing magnetoresistor and the permanent magnet thin film are set on the surface of the vibrating diaphragm displaced from the base of the substrate. A contact electrode is also arranged on the surface of the vibrating diaphragm away from the base of the substrate. The magnetic field sensing magnetoresistor is connected to the contact electrode through a lead. The substrate comprises a cavity formed through etching and either one or both of the magnetic field sensing magnetoresistors and the permanent magnet thin film are arranged in a vertical projection area of the cavity in the vibrating diaphragm portion. A magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet thin film changes in the sensing direction of the magnetic field sensing magnetoresistor of magnetoresistive inertial sensor chip, which changes the resistance valve of the magnetic field sensing magnetoresistor, thereby producing a change in an output electrical signal. This magnetoresistive inertial sensor chip uses the high-sensitivity and high-frequency response characteristics of a magnetoresistor to improve the output signal strength and frequency response, thereby facilitating the detection of small and high frequency pressure, vibration, or acceleration changes.

Provided is a dynamic characteristic measurement method for a cylinder block of a non-intrusive axial piston pump. The cylinder block is the main rotating component of the axial piston pump, and the dynamic characteristic of the cylinder block is more capable of reflecting the health condition of the pump than an external characteristic. A non-contact type measurement scheme is provided so as to reduce the influence of a measurement device on the motion of the cylinder block. Cylinder block contour signals and radial displacement signals are obtained by measuring the radial displacement of two sections of the surface of the cylinder block under different working conditions in the perpendicular directions, and then the cylinder block contour signals are accurately removed from the radial displacement signals to obtain the translational and tilting motion characteristics of the cylinder block.