A time-frequency analysis approach for condition monitoring of a wind turbine gearbox under varying load conditions

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 64-65, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-216

  Antoniadou, I ^a   Manson, G ^a   Staszewski, W J ^b   Barszcz, T ^b   Worden, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Empirical mode decomposition; Hilbert transform; Teager Kaiser energy operator; Time varying loads; Wind turbine gearboxes

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIND TURBINES;

EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY OPERATORS; HILBERT TRANSFORM; TIME VARYING LOADS; WIND TURBINE GEARBOXES;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 84937973020     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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