Investigation of current methods to identify helicopter gear health

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dempsey, Paula J ^a   Lewicki, David G ^b   Le, Dy D ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; GEARS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

HEALTH AND USAGE MONITORING SYSTEM (HUMS); HELICOPTER TRANSMISSION GEARS;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 34548791214     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2007.352844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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