Vibration problems in machines: diagnosis and resolution

Introduction -- Monitoring and diagnosis -- Instrumentation -- Mathematical models -- Machine classification -- Considerations for a monitoring scheme -- Outline of the text -- Software -- Data presentation -- Introduction -- Presentation formats -- Comparison with calculations -- Detection and diagnosis process -- Concluding remarks -- Modeling and analysis -- Introduction -- Need for models -- Modeling approaches -- Analysis methods -- Further modeling considerations -- Summary -- Faults in machines (1) -- Introduction -- Definitions : rigid and flexible rotors -- Mass imbalance -- Rotor bends -- Concluding remarks -- Faults in machines (2) -- Introduction -- Misalignment -- Cracked rotors -- Torsional excitation -- Nonlinearity -- Instability -- Interactions and diagnostics -- Closing remarks -- Rotor-stator interaction -- Introduction -- Interaction through bearings -- Interaction via working fluid -- Direct stator contact -- The Morton Effect -- Harmonics of contact -- Concluding remarks -- Machine identification -- Introduction -- Current state of modeling -- Primary components -- Sources of error/uncertainty -- Model improvement -- Application to foundations -- Imbalance identification -- Extension to misalignment -- Future options -- Concluding remarks -- Some further analysis methods -- Introduction -- Standard approaches -- Artificial neural networks -- Merging ANNs with Physics-based models -- Singular value decomposition -- Other useful techniques -- Concluding remarks -- Case studies -- Introduction -- A crack in a large alternate rotor -- Workshop model testing of a cracked rotor -- Gearbox problems on a boiler feed pump -- Vibration of large centrifugal fans -- Low-pressure turbine instabilities -- Concluding remarks -- Overview and outlook -- Progress in instrumentation -- Progress in data analysis and handing -- Progress in modeling -- Expert systems -- Future prospects -- Summary.