Many advanced techniques have been developed for vibration-based machine fault diagnosis. One of the prerequisites to use vibration for fault diagnosis is the vibration signal measured from a machine component must be well isolated from other vibrations that are generated by adjacent components. Many machines have numerous and small components that are closely packed together. Due to limited sp...

The detection and recording of vibration emission from human joints, a technique which we have termed "vibration arthrography", is a sensitive, non-invasive method for the objective study of the locomotor system. Using vibration sensors attached to bony prominences around the knee, we studied the joints of both normal and symptomatic subjects. Normal subjects produced three signal types--physio...

Wet clutches play a critical role in automotive driveline systems as wet clutches may degrade while the driveline is running. Sudden failure of the running wet clutch causes unpredictable breakdown of the driveline. This is mainly due to friction material degradation. To avoid the latter, the friction material degradation history must be monitored. Unfortunately, such degradation is difficult t...

Cable tension force is one of the most important structural parameters to monitor in cable-stayed bridges. For example, cable tension needs to be monitored during construction and maintenance to ensure the bridge is not overloaded. To economically monitor tension forces, this study proposes the use of an automated wireless tension force estimation system (WFTES) developed solely for cable force...

The use of vibration signals for internal combustion engines diagnosis is now well established for several applications such as knock detection or valve mechanics behaviour assessment. If standard knock detection can be performed in real time, diagnoses are generally carried out off-line due to algorithm complexity. Our aim was to get some insights on the time-frequency properties of the vibrat...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of two different racket models and two different forehand drive velocities on the three-dimensional vibration behavior of the racket and shock transmission to the player's wrist under real playing conditions. Nine tennis players performed a series of crosscourt flat forehand drives at two velocities, using a lightly and a highly vibrant racket. Two ac...

Throughout the workshop, the importance of instrumentation for bridges and dams had been pointed out numerous times. Many workshop participants seemed to agree that the recorded data provide invaluable information to assess the integrity and life safety of civil infrastructure, and help to improve the scientific understanding about the dynamic response of structures under extreme events such as...

This paper concentrates on cavitation detection using discrete wavelet transform by classifying the pump vibration signal. Vibration signal acquired from centrifugal pump cavitation test rig carry more information about the cavitation classes. In this paper two classes has been defined namely, no cavitation class and developed cavitation class. This method uses the deviation from zero mean valu...