Beating sound of an oriental bell means the periodic repetition of the strong and weak sound. Beat with a proper period makes the people feel as if the bell were alive and breathing. To control the beat characteristics, mode pair data of the bell stru...
Beating sound of an oriental bell means the periodic repetition of the strong and weak sound. Beat with a proper period makes the people feel as if the bell were alive and breathing. To control the beat characteristics, mode pair data of the bell structure are necessarily required. However, a huge oriental bell is usually struck by a swing of a heavy wooden hammer and therefore, only response signal such as acceleration or sound pressure can be measured. This study proposes a experimental method to extract the mode pair data from the power spectrum of the vibration response under the striking by a wooden hammer. Validity of the method is verified on a huge oriental bell.