A review of gearbox condition monitoring based on vibration analysis techniques diagnostics and prognostics

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 307-324

  Sait, Abdulrahman S ^a   Sharaf Eldeen, Yahya I ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Band Pass mesh signal; Condition monitoring; Crest factor; Demodulation; Difference signal; Energy operator; Energy ratio; Enveloping; FM0; FM4; FM4*; Gearbox; Kurtosis; M6A; M6A*; M8A; M8A*; NA4; NA4*; NB4; NB4*; NP4; RAW; Residual signal; RMS; Rotating machinery; Short time fourier transform; Time Frequency; Time statistical; Transmission; TSA; Vibration based; Wavelet transform; Winger Ville distribution

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; DAMAGE DETECTION; DEMODULATION; GEARS; ROTATING MACHINERY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TRANSMISSIONS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BAND PASS; CREST FACTORS; ENERGY OPERATORS; ENERGY RATIO; ENVELOPING; GEARBOX; KURTOSIS; RESIDUAL SIGNALS; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMS; TIME FREQUENCY; TIME-STATISTICAL; VIBRATION-BASED; WINGER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 79958077923     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9428-8_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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