Detection of faults in gearboxes using acoustic emission signal

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1279-1286

  Gu, DongSik ^a   kim, JaeGu ^a   An, YoungSu ^a   Choi, ByeongKeun ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission (AE) technique; Condition monitoring; Early detection; Envelope analysis; Fault detection; Gearboxes; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER SIGNALS; ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNAL; ACOUSTIC EMISSION TECHNIQUES; AE SENSORS; AE SIGNALS; BEARING FAULT; CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEMS; EARLY DETECTION; EARLY FAULT; ENVELOPE ANALYSIS; GEARBOXES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; KEY COMPONENT; LOW ENERGIES; MACHINE FAULTS; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING;

ACCELEROMETERS; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONDITION MONITORING; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; FAULT DETECTION; MACHINERY; MAINTENANCE; PROCESSING; SENSORS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 79961158904     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-011-0231-4     Document Type: Article

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