Diagnosis on Surface Failure in Gear Equipment Using Time - Frequency Domain Analysis

Yuji Ohue, Toshiya Kounou, Katsuhiko Yazama

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DOI: 10.4236/eng.2011.38104                

Abstract

In order to make more progress in the gear performance, it is important to evaluate the gear dynamics more precisely, since gear is a main machine element in motion and power transmissions. For preventing the unexpected failure in mechanical systems, a large amount of work has been carried out based on a statistical model developed by Lundberg and Palmgren [1] with reliability models using the classical fatigue theory. However, most of these works did not consider the operating conditions of machine during the fatigue process.

Keywords

Natural Asset, Financial Value, Neural Network

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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