MFPT 53 Proceedings - Table of Contents

PREFACE vii
MFPT SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS viii

FEATURED PAPER

Zen and the Art of Failure Prevention

D. Raheja

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Engineering Society Development of Standards and Certification Programs for Failure Analysis and Avoidance

W. D. Marscher 11
Integrated Diagnostics and Prognostics Systems

J. Bristow, G. D. Hadden, D. Wrest, D. Busch, K. Kramer, J. Schoess, S. Menon, S. Lewis and P. Gibson

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Not All That Glitters is Technology
K. S. Jacobs 31
NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
Evaluation of Complex Composite Structures Using Advanced Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging
W. H. Green and P. Sincebaugh 41
NDE Surface and Subsurface Defect Detection in Materials Using an Optically Gated Scatter Reflectometer
M. Bashkansky, M. D. Duncan and J. Reintjes 51
Reliability Enhancement of Single Crystal Blades Used in Power Generation Gas Turbines
K. G. Lipetzky, R. E. Green, Jr. and P. J. Zombo 61
Noncontact Acoustic Emission System for Remote Fault Detection in Machinery and Structures
R. E. Green, Jr. 71
THE NASA RELIABILITY CENTERED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (RCM)
RCM Implementation at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Facility vs. Factory
T. Wechsler 83
RCM Implementation at the NASA Lewis Research Center 89
R. A. Danks, J. A. Cruz and K. A. Kearns
CASE HISTORIES IN FAILURE ANALYSIS
Failure Analysis of an F-14 Missile Locking Hook
V. K. Champagne 101
Effect of Improper Thermal Treatment on the Performance of an 18% Nickel Maraging Steel Army Helicopter Component
M. Pepi 115
New Laser Technology Makes Laser Shock Processing Commercially Affordable
J. R. Harrison and L. A. Hackel 131

 DATA COLLECTION STRATEGIES AND DATA FUSION METHODOLOGIES FOR CBM (A Tutorial)

A. K. Garga, C. S. Byington, D. C. Swanson and T. Merdes 143
SENSORS TECHNOLOGY (CBM)
New Results in the Application of E/M Impedance Method to Machinery Health Monitoring and Failure Prevention
V. Giurgiutiu and C. A. Rogers 147
Long-Life Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensors for Reciprocating Machinery Monitoring
T. Poorman, J. Arnold, T. Coleman and M. T. Wlodarczyk 157
Impact Monitoring and Fault Detection Using Piezoelectric Transducers and Wavelet Analysis
X. Deng and V. Giurgiutiu 167
FAILURE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Rotor Acoustic Monitoring System
J. N. Schoess and F. Malver 175
Four Fundamental Root Causes of Machinery Failures: Case Histories
F. Hossain and J. J. Scutti 185
Multidiscipline Analysis of a Fatal LPG Tank Rupture
B. Ross, C. Lange and J. Eischen 197
Statistical Failure Analysis: Its Significance in Reliability Improvements of Earth Moving Machinery
S. Raadnui 209
FUZZY LOGIC FOR CLASSIFICATION
Multiple Decision Fuzzy Fusion for Neural Network-Based Fault Diagnosis in Helicopter Gearboxes
M. A. Essawy, S. Diwakar and S. Zein-Sabatto 219
An Intelligent Approach to Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis
G. Vachtsevanos and P. Wang 231
Machinery Fault Classification: The Case for a Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Approach
D. L. Hall, A. K. Garga and J. Stover 241
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY (FAILURE ANALYSIS)
Embedded Sensor Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Health Monitoring of Structural Materials
S. M. Walsh 253
A Novel Acousto-Optic Sensor for the Real-Time, Wide-Area Inspection of Advanced Materials
P. Sincebaugh, W. Green, J. S. Sandhu, H. Wang and W. J. Popek 263
On-Line Electro-Optic Contamination Monitor for Hydraulic Fluid
A. Owen and S. Showalter 271
DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS ANALYSIS APPROACHES
Design of a Self-Healing Magnetic Bearing
H. M. Chen 283
Comparison of Interpolation Methods as Applied to Time Synchronous Averaging
H. J. Decker and J. J. Zakrajsek 293
Non-Invasive Detection of CH-46 Aft Gearbox Faults Using Digital Pattern Recognition and Classification Techniques
B. D. Rex, A. A. Sarkady and K. A. Korzeniowski 301
High Pressure Air Compressor Diagnostic Rule Extraction from Trained Feedforward Neural Networks
Y. Fan and C. J. Li 313
PROGNOSTICS
A Probabilistic Approach to the Diagnosis of Gas Turbine Engine Faults
M. J. Roemer and D. M. Ghiocel 325
Bearing Prognostics Based on Adaptation of Stochastic Defect Growth Model
Y. Li, T. R. Kurfess, S. Danyluk and S. Y. Liang 337
Context-Dependent Prognostics and Health Assessment: A Condition-Based Maintenance Approach that Supports Mission Compliance
G. O. Allgood and S. W. Kercel 347
Vibration and Oil Debris Feature Fusion in Gearbox Failures
C. S. Byington, T. A. Merdes and J. D. Kozlowski 357
Machinery Diagnostics and Prognostics/Condition Based Maintenance: A Progress Report
G. D. Hadden, B. H. Bennett, G. Vachtsevanos and J. Van Dyke 367
HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
Part 1  Gas Turbine Engine Vibration Diagnostics Using a Stochastic Decomposition Classifier
M. J. Roemer and D. M. Ghiocel 381
Structural Damage Detection in a Heterogeneous Medium (Abstract only)
R. Ghanem and M. Hayden 393
Identification of Transients in Material Behavior Using a Wavelet Galerkin Method (Abstract only)
R. Ghanem and F. Romeo 395
Part 2  (No published papers)
DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS ANALYSIS FOR MACHINERY SYSTEMS
Real-Time Fault Diagnoses and Risk Assessment of Drivetrain Assemblies
J. Pooley, R. Giuntini, K. Church and T. Coffin 399
Expert System for the Diagnosis of the Condition and Pumping Efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps
E. Jantunen and H. Itaranta 409
Bearing and Gear Condition Monitoring System for the ALTAIR Radar Antenna
J-Y. Jong and W. D. Dorland 419
Extraction of Rotating Machinery Noise from Accelerometer Data Using the Spectral Distribution Function
S. S. Davis and J. A. Laub 431
Remote Online Vibration Monitoring and Diagnostic Expert System for Steam Turbine Generator Sets
J. Dongxiang, N. Weidou and Y. Wenhu 439
DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSTICS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
On the Feasibility of Blade Crack Detection Through Torsional Vibration Measurements
K. P. Maynard and M. Trethewey 451
Modal Testing for Damage Detection in Smart Structures Using Sensitivity Enhancing Feedback Control
L. R. Ray and L. Tian 461
Statistical Characterization of Continuous Wavelet Transform Magnitude Feature Data for Gear-Tooth Fault Detection Thresholds
R. J. Ferlez and D. C. Lang 471
Bearing Fault Diagnostics Using Physics-based Finite Element Modeling Techniques - Part 1: Bearing Model
J. Dubeck, A. Garga and A. Shirkhodaie 483
Condition Based Maintenance of Machines Using Hidden Markov Models
C. Bunks and D. McCarthy 493
Machinery Failure in Violent Environment
H. A. Gaberson, D. Pal and R. S. Chaplerr 505
MISCELLANEOUS

Predicting and Avoiding Natural and Critical Frequencies in Structures: An Experimental Approach Using Operating Deflection Shapes (ODS) versus Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

S. Lingonde (Paper presented at MFPT 52)

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