Tubomachinery blade vibration amplitude measurement through tip timing with capacitance tip clearance probes

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Lawson, Craig P ^a   Ivey, Paul C ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade vibration; Capacitance probe; Tip clearance; Tip timing; Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IONIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROTORS; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

BLADE VIBRATIONS; CAPACITANCE PROBE; TIP CLEARANCE; TIP TIMING; TUBOMACHINERY;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 9944239249     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(04)00482-0     Document Type: Article

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