The development of novel control valve diagnostic software based on the visual basic programming language

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-122

  Sharif, M A ^a,b   Grosvenor, R I ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Control valves and actuators; Fault diagnosis; Graphical user interface program; Visual basic application

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS;

CONDITION MONITORING; CONTROL VALVE DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; STEP RESPONSE ANALYSIS; VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0033682482     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0959651001540843     Document Type: Article

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