Review of vibration and acoustic measurement methods for the detection of defects in rolling element bearings

Tribology International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 469-480

  Tandon, N ^a   Choudhury, A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; DEFECTS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SOUND PRESSURE;

ROLLER BEARINGS;

EID: 0033336360     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(99)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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