Detection of a fatigue crack in a UH-60A planet gear carrier using vibration analysis

Autor: D. M. Blunt, Jonathan Keller
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 20:2095-2111
ISSN: 0888-3270
Popis: Two new methods of detecting a fatigue crack in a planet carrier of an epicyclic transmission are developed. These are tested using vibration data from a number of US Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter main transmissions. Vibration measurements of faulted and un-faulted transmissions over a range of torque levels in controlled test-cell and on-aircraft conditions are used. The results show that new methods are reliable under test-cell conditions, but less effective under low-torque on-aircraft conditions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE