The Hilbert-Huang Spectral Analysis Method Applied to VIV

Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) is a highly nonlinear dynamic phenomenon. Usual spectral analysis methods rely on the hypotheses of linear and stationary dynamics. A new method envisaged to treat nonlinear and non-stationary signals was presented by Huang et al. [1] : The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis. This technique, called thereafter the Hilbert-Huang transform (or spectral analysis) method, is here applied to VIV phenomena, aiming at disclosing some hidden dynamic characteristics, such as the time-modulation and jumps of multi-branched response frequencies and their related energy spectra.Copyright © 2006 by ASME