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MFPT SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS viii FEATURED PAPER Vibratory Locomation Revisited 3 DIAGNOSTICS Gear Fatigue Crack Diagnosis by Vibration Analysis
Using Embedded Modeling 17 Comparative Evaluation of Structural Surface Intensity
to Statistical Features for Gearbox Failures 27 A Hybrid Stochastic-Neuro-Fuzzy Model-Based System for
In-Flight Gas Turbine Engine Diagnostics 37 Diagnostic Feature Comparisons for Experimental and
Theoretical Gearbox Failures 47 Real-Time Condition Based Maintenance for High Value
Systems 57 Review of Vibration-Based Helicopters Health and Usage
Monitoring Methods 69 FAILURE MODES AND ANALYSIS I Aftermarket Parts: Are They All They Are
"Cracked" Up to Be? 81 Failure Modes and Predictive Diagnostics
Considerations for Diesel Engines 93 The Role of Manufacturing Defects in Munition
Component Failures 103 Evaluating the Impact of Environmentally Friendly
Cleaners on System Readiness 117 Estimation of Reliability Growth Determination in
Cracked Specimens Under Fatigue Failure 127 PROGNOSTICS A Prognostic Modeling Approach for Predicting
Recurring Maintenance for Shipboard Propulsion Systems 139 Prognostic Enhancements to Naval Condition-Based
Maintenance Systems 151 Prediction Methods and Data Fusion for Prognostics of
Primary and Secondary Batteries 165 FAILURE MODES AND ANALYSIS II Effects of Shot Peening Processing on the Fatigue
Behavior of Three Aluminum Alloys And TI-AL-4V 177 Ejection-Seat-Quick-Release-Fitting – Quantitative
Fractography and Estimation of the Local Toughness Using the Topography
of the Fracture Surface 185 A Comparison of Fatigue Design Methods 193 SENSORS AND AUTOMATED REASONING Robust Laser Interferometer Findings Relative to
Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics/Prognostics Engineering Management
205 Application of Torsional Vibration Measurement to
Shaft Crack Monitoring in Power Plants 217 Methods to Estimate Machine Remaining Useful Life
Using Artificial Neural Networks 227 Automated Recognition of Advanced Vibration Features
for Machinery Fault Classification 237 Development of Diagnostic and Prognostic Technologies
for Aerospace Health Management Applications 247 TOTAL OWNERSHIP COST Enhanced FMECA: Integrating Health Management Design
and Traditional FailureAnalysis 261 Issues in the Design and Optimization of Health
Management Systems 275 Cost Benefit Analysis Models for Evaluation of VMEP/HUMS
Project 285 FEATURE EXTRACTION Extraction of Bearing Fault Transients from a Strong
Continuous Signal via DWPA Multiple Band-Pass Filtering 297 Minimizing Load Effects on NA4 Gear Vibration
Diagnostic Parameter 307 The Use of Histograms for Detection of Electrical
Insulation Breakdown 319 Detection and Severity Assessment of Faults in Gear
Boxes from Stress Wave Capture and Analysis 329 Assessment of Data and Knowledge Fusion Strategies for
Diagnostics and Prognostics 341 Machinery Diagnostic Feature Extraction and Fusion
Techniques Using Diverse Sources 351 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT Standards Developments for Condition-Based Maintenance
Systems 363 Development of Performance and Effectiveness Metrics
for Mechanical Diagnostic Technologies 375 SMART SENSORS The Clients’ View of CBM in 2001 389 Conductive Polymer Sensor Arrays – A New Frontier
Technology for CBM 393 Intelligent Sensor Nodes Enable a New Generation of
Machinery Diagnostics and Prognostics 405 SensWeb: A Wireless Self-Organized Cooperative Sensor
Network Topology 415 INDUSTRIAL CASE HISTORIES Industrial Case Histories 423 ntegrally Stiffened
Composite Structures 459 Troubleshooting Vibration Problems – A Compilation
of Case Histories 467 AUTHOR INDEX 485 |