PREFACE     

MFPT SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS (on the Web Site)           

FEATURED PAPERS    

 The U.S. Army Lead the Fleet Program: A Structural Approach to Predicting Helicopter   Failures        

M. McFalls and D. White

NonDestructive Evaluation for Condition Based Maintenance and Prognostics Health

 Monitoring of Legacy and New Platforms

N. Goldfine and V.  Zilberstein

The “Real” History of Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers: A Trip Down Memory Lane

J. Deery           

DIAGNOSTICS AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS I

Sensor Integrated On-Line Prognostics of Bearing Incipient Defect Based on Artificial

  Neural Network                  

J. Y. Zhang, O. C. Guerin and S. Y. Liang

Using Wide-Band Acoustic Emission to Determine Changes in the Condition of Rolling

 Element Bearings     

G. R. Drummond, C. J. Mills, J. F. Watson and T. Walter            

Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics for a Paper Winder Using a Bayesian

 Belief Network                  

L. J. Yu,  M. D. Osborn, T. L. Johnson, T. Coogan and M. Dermott

Rotor Transverse Crack Detection and Diagnosis Using Embedded Modeling     

K. K. McKee and C. J. Li

AAAV Prognostic System Vibration Sensor Selection and Location Analysis     

J. C. Banks, B. Ramaswamy and K. M. Reichard

A Bluetooth-Based Wireless Network for Distributed Shipboard Monitoring and

Control Systems     

J. Hoover, A. A. Sarkady,  C. B. Cameron and Henry Whitesel

 SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES

 Photonic Sensors for Condition Based Monitoring 

M. White and C. Templeman

Fluid Pressure Monitoring of Roller Bearing Defects     

R. Haberman and J. Clift

Application of MEMS-Based Acoustic Sensors in the Detection of Machinery Wear

 and Failure

M. Pedersen

 Monitoring Rolling Element Bearings Using Fiber Optic Rolling Element Sensing

 Technology (FOREST) 

A. P. Conkey, J. C. Juarez and H. F. Taylor

 Monitoring Strain in Composites with Embedded Magnetic Strain Sensor      

S. M. Hess, W. J. Biter, S. J. Oh, G. M. Hanket, D. Heider and Z. Yu

DIAGNOSTICS AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS II

 Aviation Diagnostic and Engine Prognostic Technologies (ADEPT) for the CHINOOK’s

T55 Engine

A. Stramiello, R. Ling, G. J. Kacprzynski and M. J. Roemer

Reconstruction of Periodic Sonar Signals Hidden in Wideband Noise Using Ensemble

 Averaging and Multi-Rate DSP                

S. P. A. Peterson, A. A. Sarkady and C. B. Cameron

SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS SYSTEMS FAILURE ANALYSIS I

 Analysis of a Piston Pump Failure      

R. J. Bishop, Jr., G. E. Totten and C. G. Fey

PROGNOSTICS I

Prognostics for Accessory Drive Gearboxes on Fixed-Wing Aircraft   

L. P. Swiler and W. E. Grube

Gearbox Fault Prognosis Using Fuzzy Learning Vector Quantization Neural

 Network                

I. Abu-Mahfouz

Probabilistic Life Forecasting of Electric Motors and Driven Equipment 

M. B. House, G. L. Flickinger, H. A. Sutherland and T. P. Repoff

An XML-Based Implementation of the OSA-CBM Standard Using SOAP Over HTTP 

 M. Lebold, D. Ferullo and K. Reichard

SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS SYSTEMS FAILURE ANALYSIS II

Applications and Limitations of Markl’s Fatigue Analysis Method     

R. J. Scavuzzo

Metallurgical Examination of Explosively Bonded Refractory Metal Gun Tube Liners  

M. Pepi, D. Snoha, J. Montgomery and W. de Rosset

HVOF Application of Nickel and Nickel Alloy Jackets to Tungsten Heavy Alloy

  Penetrators   (This is an MFPT 56 paper)                                                                  

J. V. Kelley

Fault Diagnosis of Turbo Generators Using Artificial Neural Networks 

L. Rajamani

DIAGNOSTICS AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS III

Utility of Projection Network for Diagnosis of High Pressure Air Compressor Faults 

C. Jansuwan and C. J. Li

Rotordynamic Fault Diagnostics Using Phase Coherent Filtering         

J. C. Pooley, III and S. R. Murray

Effects on Diagnostic Parameters after Removing Additional Synchronous Gear

 Meshes                       

H. J. Decker

Application of Nonlinear Dynamics to Machinery Condition Monitoring      

W. S. Hill and T. J. Walter

Shipboard Automated Maintenance Decision Support System   

A. Rabiner and R. Lally

SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS SYSTEMS FAILURE ANALYSIS III

Common Failure Modes in Axial Piston Pumps                

R. J. Bishop, Jr., G. E. Totten and C. G. Fey

Failure Analysis of a PM Parachute Harness Component

V. Champagne and S. Grendahl

DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

Stationary Statistics of Condition Indicators Between Helicopter Transmissions

D. Hochmann and E. Bechhoeffer

HMMS for Diagnostics and Prognostics in Machining Processes  

P. Baruah and R. B. Chinnam

PROGNOSTICS II

An Approach Directed Toward Fundamental Improvements in Prognostics

M. F. Karchnak, A. J. Hess and T. Goodenow

Predicting Machinery Remaining Life Using Risk Management (RiskMAN)

R. E. Giuntini and J. C. Pooley, III

An Overview of Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection Strategies 

S. Saadat, M. N. Noori and G. D. Buckner

DIAGNOSTICS AND SIGNAL ANALYSIS IV

Using Acoustics to Assess the Condition of Heart Valves

 H. Lee and T. J. Walter

A Mission-Based Logistics and Maintenance Support Cost Simulation Environment

R. F. Orsagh, M. Schoeller, M. J. Roemer and E. C. Allen

Diagnostic Algorithms for Bearing Cage Crack Detection               

C. J. Li and Y. Fan

Optimizing a Condition Based Maintenance Program with Gearbox Tooth Failure      

D. Lin, M. Wiseman, D. Banjevic and A. K. Jardine

Vibration Diagnostics of a Large Centrifugal Compressor

R. Orsagh and M. Watson

TUTORIALS

Data Acquisition                

K. R. Guy

Data Analysis                

K. R. Guy

How Wrong Signal Processing Can Lead to Problems  

J. L. Frarey

Variable Speed Drives       

N. L. Baxter

A Practical Guide to Rotor Dynamics  

M. E. Leader

AUTHOR INDEX                                         

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81

91

103

113

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133

149

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307

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