Fused acoustic emission and vibration techniques for health monitoring of wind turbine gearboxes and bearings

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 546-575

  Lekou, D J ^a   Mouzakis, F ^a   Anastasopoulos, A A ^a   Kourousis, D ^a  

^a CRES ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Acoustic Emission; Condition monitoring; Wind turbine gearbox

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX LOADING; DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTICS PROCESS; EARLY FAULT; HEALTH MONITORING; HIGH VARIABILITY; ROLLING BEARINGS; SLOW SPEED; TRANSIENT EVENTS; TURBULENT WIND; VIBRATION MONITORING; VIBRATION TECHNIQUES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CONDITION MONITORING; DAMAGE DETECTION; EXHIBITIONS; LOADING; ROTATING MACHINERY; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84869997730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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