MFPT 50 Proceedings - Table of Contents

FEATURED PAPERS
GENERAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGY
MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #1
MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #2
LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #1
LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #2
PARTICULATE/WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS #1
ON-LINE CONDITION DIAGNOSIS
MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #3
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) OVERVIEW
MEMS TECHNOLOGIES
SIGNAL ANALYSIS
RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY INTERCHANGE #1
RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY INTERCHANGE #2
LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #3
PARTICULATE/WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS #2
VIBRATION ANALYSIS/MONITORING
NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION
FAILURE ANALYSIS #1
FAILURE ANALYSIS #2
EQUIPMENT MONITORING AND CONDITION DIAGNOSIS
 

PREFACE      ix

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE     xii

FEATURED PAPERS

An Historical View of the MFPT Society 3

H. C. Pusey

A Review of Plant Maintenance Methods and Economics    17

M. J. Neale

The History and Application of the Envelope Detector     25

J. L. Frarey

GENERAL MONITORING TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of Vibration and Oil Analysis   47

T. H. Crum

Integrated Machinery Management   55

J. W. Taylor

Expert Systems, A Decade of Use for Used-Oil Data Interpretation    65

L. A. Toms

MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #1

Model-Based Sensor Selection for Helicopter Gearbox Monitoring    75

V. B. Jammu, J. Wang, K. Danai and D. G. Lewicki

Electrical Signature Analysis Applications for Non-Intrusive Automotive Alternator Diagnostics    85

C. W. Ayers

Use of the Decision Support Problem Technique for Propulsion Engine Selection Emphasizing Reliability, Maintenance, and Repair Factors: A Limited Example    95

K. Lynaugh, E. Pogue and B. Fnedman

In-Line Oil Debris Monitor (ODM) for the Advanced Tactical Fighter Engine   111

D. E.. Muir, B. Howe

MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #2

Application of an Envelope Technique in the Detection of Bail Bearing Defectsin a Laboratory Experiment    121

H. Toersen

Systems Engineering of an On-Line Diagnostic System     133

J. S. Lin

Turbine Engine Diagnostics Using a Parallel Signal Processor   141

T. A. Bapty, A. Ledeczi, J R. Davis, B. Abbott, T Hayes and T Tibbals

 

LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #1

Alternate Techniques for Wear Metal Analysis     151

C.S. Saba and H. A. Smith

Current Technology in Oil Analysis Spectrometers and What We May Expect in the Future     161

M. Lukas and R. J. Yurko

An Introduction to the Concept of Profiles     173

G. Fogel and D. Doll

The Mini-Lab Concept as an Alternative to Conventional Oil Analysis    183

G. Fogel

LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #2

Considerations in Applying Molecular Analysis of Different Fluids in a Condition Monitoring Program     197

J. R. Powell

Use of FT-IR Spectrometry as a Replacement for Physical Property Testing of Railway Lubricants     207

D.E.G. Crutcher, R. Gervais and L. A. Toms

PARTICULATE/WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS #1

An Alternative Coding System Defining the Total and Severity of Wear    219

M. H. Jones and J. Alberich

Development in Wear Debris Morphological Analysis at RAF Early Failure Detection Centres     227

B. J Roylance, L. M. Jones, A. Luxmoore, A. Killingray, S. Hams and D. Hodges

Evaluation of Various Methods to Detect Metallic Wear Particles in Lube Oil Filter Debris     237

G. C. Fisher

Condition Monitoring of Aircraft by Quantitative Filter Debris Analysis (QFDA)  247

L. G. I. Bennett, S. Swanson, F. D. Koza and J. S. Poland

ON-LINE CONDITION DIAGNOSIS

Flexible Expert System for Automated On-Une Diagnosis of Tool Condition    259

E. Jantunen, H. Jokinen and R. Milne

Advances in Optical Oil Debris Monitoring Technology    269  

J Reintjes, R. Mahon, M.D. Duncan, L. L. Tankersley, A. Schultz, V. C. Chen, P. L. Howard, S. Raghavan and N. Gupta

A Non-Redundant Sensor Validation Scheme for Transient and Steady-State Condition Monitoring    277

M. J. Roemer

MACHINERY DIAGNOSTICS & PROGNOSTICS #3

A Model-Based Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery System    291

Misra and J Sztipanovits

Solid-State Active Sensing for In-Situ Health Monitoring     301

C. A. Rogers and F. Lalande

Artificial Knee Joint Controller Characterisation and Condition Diagnosis   309

K. Mechefske and J. T. Davenport

Comprehensive Machinery Monitoring with FFPI Sensors 319

R. X. Perez, R. A. Atkins, C. E. Lee and H. F. Taylor

Classification of Composite Defects Using the Signature Classification Development System 329

J S. Lin, L. M. Brown and C. A. Lebowitz

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) OVERVIEW

Liquid Viscosity & Density Measurement with Flexural-Plate-Wave Sensors   341

S. W. Wenzel, B. J. Costello and R. M. White

MEMS TECHNOLOGIES

Plasma Micromachined MEMS for Intelligent Diagnostic Sensors   353

G. J. Galvin and T. J. Davis

MEMS Hydrodynamic Bearings: Applications and Implications to Machine-Failure Prevention    363

K. L. Wood, D. Neikirk, L Busch-Vishniac, W. Weldon, C-S. Chu, Y. Kim, V . Gupta, W. Maddox and D. Masser

A Distributed, Wireless MEMS Technology for Condition
Based Maintenance   373

K. Bult, A. Burstein, D. Chang, M. Dong, M. Fielding, J. Ho, W. J. Kaiser, E. Kruglick, F. Lin, T. H. Lin, H. Marcy, R. Mukai, P. Nelson, K. S. J. Pister, G. Pottie, H. Sanches, 0. M. Stafsudd, K. B. Tan, C. M. Ward, S. Xue and J. Yao

MEMS-Based Research in Integrated Monitoring and Actuation at Case Western Reserve University   381

M. A. Huff and M. Mehregany

SIGNAL ANALYSIS

Wavelet Domain Characterization & Localization of Modal Acoustic Emissions in Aircraft Aluminum  393

G. A. Gordon and R. K. Young

Overview of Wavelet/Neural Network Fault Diagnostic Methods Applied to Rotating Machinery   405

J. E. Lopez, I. A. Farber Yeldham and K. Oliver

Helicopter Transmission Diagnostics Using Vibration Signature Analysis   419

B. E. Parker, Jr., M. P. Carley, R. J. Ryan, M. J. Szabo and H. V. Poor

Multiscale Statistical Modeling Approach to Monitoring Mechanical Systems 431

K. C. Chou

Synchronous Phase Averaging Method for Machinery Diagnostics   441

J. Jong, M. McBride, J. Jones, T. Fiorucci and T Zoladz

RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY INTERCHANGE #1

Principles and Experience of the On-Condition Application of Oils and Working Fluids to Aeronautical Engineering  455

B. Bedrik, M. Yampolsky, J Szydywar and Y. Ereomine


Determination of Technical Status, Causes of Wear and Failure of Machine Parts Using the Methods of Metallophysical Analysis   465

V. Lozovsky

A System of Methods for Identifying the Causes of Failures and Accidents of Aeronautical Engineering    469

Y. Korovkin

Expert - Examination Computer System for Estimating Operational Status of Technical Equipment with Accounting for the Reliability of Its Life-Critical Parts    477

V. Lozovsky and M. Yampolsky

RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY INTERCHANGE #2

Methods for Diagnosing the Fatigue Damage Rate of Materials of Machine Elements and Estimating Their Fatigue Life   483

Koftunov

Hazardous Wear Prevention System for Friction Units of Gas Turbine Engines     493

V. A. Stepanov and I. F. Touloupov

Equipment for Carrying Out Technical Monitoring of Gas Pumping Units by Lubrication Oil Analysis    503

B. R. Matveyevsky and V A. Petrosyanz

Basic Trends of Frictional Interaction and Tribodiagnostics   509

M. A. Bronovets, S. P. Zaritski and A. S. Lopatin

Effective Magnetic Method for Detecting Longitudinal Cracks in the Pipes of Pipe-Line Transport    521

G. Shelihov, V. Usoshin, V. Lozovsky and V. Rozov

LUBRICANT CONDITION MONITORING #3

A New Orbital Ball Type of Viscometer   525

Abnett and R. Garvey

Estimating Water Content in Oils: Moisture in Solution, Emulsified Water, and Free Water    535

R. Garvey and G. Fogel

Rapid, Portable Voltammetric Techniques for Performing Antioxidant, Total Acid Number (TAN) and Total Base Number (TBN) Measurements   549

R. E. Kauffman

A New Electronic Viscometer Based on Rayleigh Wave Mechanics   561

J. J. Kauzlarich, R. A. Ross and D. S. Abdallah

PARTICULATE/WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS #2

A Phenomenological Approach to Wear Debris Analysis    573

U. Cho and J. A. Tichy

Monitoring Fluid System Debris Via Diagnostic Filters    579

P. Madhavan

Developing an Integrated Condition Monitoring System    587

J. Tranter

VIBRATION ANALYSIS/MONITORING

A Fuzzy-Neuro Scheme for Fault Diagnosis and Life Consumption of

Rotordynamic Systems   601

M. J. Roemer

Sync-Period Frequency Analysis and Its Application to the Diagnosis of Multiple Element Defects of Rolling Bearings   611

W-Y Wang and M. J. Harrap

Coherent Phase Wide Band Demodulation Technique for Turbomachinery Cavitation Detection and Monitoring   621

J. Jong, T. Nesman, W. Bordelon, J. Jones and T. Zoladz

Self-aligning Roller Bearings Fault Detection Using Asynchronous Adaptive Noise Cancelling    633

K. Nezu and Y. Shao

NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION

Eddy-Current Examination of Large-Diameter Insulated Pipes    643

J. C. Griffith

Off-Line and On-Line Motor Electrical Monitoring and Condition Analysis: Payoffs and Problems    651

J. R. Nicholas, Jr.

The Use of the Motor as a Transducer to Monitor System Conditions   661

D. A. Casada and S. L. Bunch

Subsurface Defect Detection in Ceramic Materials Using Low Coherence Optical Scatter Reflectometer    673

M. Bashkansky, M.D. Duncan, M. Kahn, D. Lewis, III and J. F. Reintjes

Poor Surfaces and Intersections of Surfaces Still Cause Trouble Just LikeThey Used To Do   681

D. Krashes and J. J. Scutti

FAILURE ANALYSIS #1

Gear Crack Propagation Investigations   693

D. G. Lewicki and R. Ballarini

Detecting Gear Tooth Fatigue Cracks in Advance of Complete Fracture   703

J. J. Zakrajsek and D. G. Lewicki

Metallurgical Examination of a Failed Spiral Bevel Gear    715

M. Pepi

The Development of a Cost Benefit Analysis Method for Monitoring the Condition of Batch Process Plant Machinery 725

B. S. Rajan and B. J. Roylance

Failure Analysis of a Pitch Link Self-Locking Nut MS 17825-10   737

S. Grendahl

FAILURE ANALYSIS #2

Failure Analysis of Modular Lift Link, Lug Mounting, Self-Locking Nuts   751

S. Grendahl

Multisensor Monitoring of Gear Tooth Fatigue for Predictive Diagnostics   763

G. A. Gordon, A. K. Garga and C. Moose

Prevention of Crankcase Explosions in Reciprocating Compressors   775

V. A. Cox

Experimental and Numerical Study of Vibration Monitoring Applied on Gear Transmission Systems    785

J. Mahfoudh, C. Bard and D. Play

EQUIPMENT MONITORING AND CONDITION DIAGNOSIS

Low-Speed Mini-Motor Failure Recognition Using Fuzzy Theory   797

K. C. Siong and K. Nezu

Automatic Machinery Fault Detection and Diagnosis Using Fuzzy Logic   803

C. K. Mechefske, J. Del Mar and D. Prendergast

Technology Overview: Shock Pulse Method   811

L. E. Morando

Reliability-Based Maintenance as a Breakthrough Strategy in Maintenance Improvement   821

G. Fogel and D. Petersen