Experimentally generating faults in rolling element bearings via shaft current

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-29

  Stack, Jason R ^a,b   Habetler, Thomas G ^a   Harley, Ronald G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearings (mechanical); Condition monitoring; Fault diagnosis; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUCTION MOTORS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); STATORS;

FAULT DIAGNOSIS; STATOR CURRENT;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

EID: 13844275952     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2004.840966     Document Type: Article

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