Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox

This paper presents comparative studies of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) as several advanced time-frequency analysis methods for diagnosing an early stage of spur gear tooth failure. An incipient fault of a chipped tooth was...

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Main Authors: Hartono, Dennis, Halim, Dunant, Roberts, Gethin Wyn, Liu, Qianyu
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Published: Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47360/
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author Hartono, Dennis
Halim, Dunant
Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Liu, Qianyu
author_facet Hartono, Dennis
Halim, Dunant
Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Liu, Qianyu
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description This paper presents comparative studies of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) as several advanced time-frequency analysis methods for diagnosing an early stage of spur gear tooth failure. An incipient fault of a chipped tooth was investigated in this work using vibration measurements from a spur gearbox test rig. Time Synchronous Averaging was implemented for the analysis to enhance the clarity of fault feature from the gear of interest. Based on the experimental results and analysis, it was shown that FFT method could identify the location of the faulty gear with sufficient accuracy. On the other hand, Short Time Fourier Transform method could not provide the angular location information of the faulty gear. It was found that the Continuous Wavelet Transform method offered the best representation of angle-frequency representation. It was not only able to distinguish the difference between the normal and faulty gearboxes from the joint angle-frequency results but could also provide an accurate angular location of the faulty gear tooth in the gearbox.
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spelling nottingham-473602020-05-04T18:07:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47360/ Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox Hartono, Dennis Halim, Dunant Roberts, Gethin Wyn Liu, Qianyu This paper presents comparative studies of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) as several advanced time-frequency analysis methods for diagnosing an early stage of spur gear tooth failure. An incipient fault of a chipped tooth was investigated in this work using vibration measurements from a spur gearbox test rig. Time Synchronous Averaging was implemented for the analysis to enhance the clarity of fault feature from the gear of interest. Based on the experimental results and analysis, it was shown that FFT method could identify the location of the faulty gear with sufficient accuracy. On the other hand, Short Time Fourier Transform method could not provide the angular location information of the faulty gear. It was found that the Continuous Wavelet Transform method offered the best representation of angle-frequency representation. It was not only able to distinguish the difference between the normal and faulty gearboxes from the joint angle-frequency results but could also provide an accurate angular location of the faulty gear tooth in the gearbox. Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences 2016-08-11 Article PeerReviewed Hartono, Dennis, Halim, Dunant, Roberts, Gethin Wyn and Liu, Qianyu (2016) Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox. MATEC Web of Conferences, 70 . 02004/1-02004/5. ISSN 2261-236X https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/abs/2016/33/matecconf_icmit2016_02004/matecconf_icmit2016_02004.html doi:10.1051/matecconf/20167002004 doi:10.1051/matecconf/20167002004
spellingShingle Hartono, Dennis
Halim, Dunant
Roberts, Gethin Wyn
Liu, Qianyu
Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title_full Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title_fullStr Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title_full_unstemmed Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title_short Vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
title_sort vibration-based fault diagnostic of a spur gearbox
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