Feasibility of a phased acoustic array for monitoring acoustic signatures from meshing gear teeth

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2849-2857

  Hood, Adrian A ^a   Pines, Darryll J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); GEAR TEETH; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; DETECTION METHOD; FAULT DETECTION; FREQUENCY; GEAR TOOTH; MONITORING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GEOMETRY; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MESHING GEAR TEETH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; ROTATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0042925735     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1515790     Document Type: Article

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