Prediction of mechanical shaft failures due to pulsating torques of variable-frequency drives

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1979-1988

  Song Manguelle, Joseph ^a,b,c   Schröder, Stefan ^a   Geyer, Tobias ^d   Ekemb, Gabriel ^e   Nyobe Yome, Jean Maurice ^e,f  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GE Oil and Gas   (France)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cement; liquid natural gas (LNG); mechanical resonance; medium voltage; mining; multilevel inverter; oil and gas; pulsating torque; pulsewidth modulator; torque harmonics; torsional vibration

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NATURAL GAS; MECHANICAL RESONANCE; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; OIL AND GAS; PULSATING TORQUE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATORS; TORSIONAL VIBRATION;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; CEMENTS; ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC MOTORS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MECHANICAL DRIVES; NATURAL GAS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RESONANCE; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTATION; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

TORQUE;

EID: 77956937833     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2057397     Document Type: Article

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