Fault analysis of the wear fault development in rolling bearings

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 470-482

  El Thalji, Idriss ^a   Jantunen, Erkki ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Fault development; Rolling bearings; Vibration monitoring; Wear evolution

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICS; PROCESSING; ROLLER BEARINGS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRIBOLOGY;

DETERIORATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; FAULT DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ROLLING BEARINGS; TIME-DOMAIN PARAMETERS; VIBRATION MONITORING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940043128     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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