Helicopter gearbox bearing blind fault identification using a range of analysis techniques

Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-168

  Sawalhi, N ^a   Randall, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoregressive models; Complex morlet wavelets; Constant percentage bandwidth; Order tracking; Spectral kurtosis

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FAULT DETECTION; FREQUENCY BANDS; GEARS; HELICOPTERS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AUTO REGRESSIVE MODELS; COMPLEX MORLET WAVELET; CONSTANT PERCENTAGE BANDWIDTHS; ORDER TRACKING; SPECTRAL KURTOSIS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 52949122867     PISSN: 14484846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14484846.2008.11464544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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