Understanding vibration spectra of planetary gear systems for fault detection

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 645-652

  Mosher, Marianne ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight test; Helicopter transmission; Kinematic model; Planetary gear; Vibration measurement

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; HELICOPTERS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLIGHT TEST; HELICOPTER TRANSMISSION; KINEMATIC MODEL; PLANETARY GEAR; VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS;

GEARS;

EID: 1842685861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/ptg-48082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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