Gear diagnostics in a planetary gearbox: A study using internal and external vibration signals

10th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies 2013, CM 2013 and MFPT 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 538-549

  Smith, Wade ^a   Deshpande, Lav ^a   Randall, Robert ^a   Li, Huaizhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; FAULT DETECTION; GEARS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; MACHINERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DETECTION CAPABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXTERNAL VIBRATIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; TIME SYNCHRONOUS AVERAGING;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84905827584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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