Challenges and obstacles in the application of acoustic emission to process machinery

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Sikorska, J Z ^a   Mba, D ^b  

^a ENVIRON Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Condition monitoring; Machinery; Rotating equipment

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAULT DETECTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROTATING MACHINERY;

MACHINERY MONITORING; ROTATING EQUIPMENT;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CONDITION MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAULT DETECTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROTATING MACHINERY;

EID: 41949102502     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544089JPME111     Document Type: Review

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