Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (Comadem 2001: Proceedings of the 14th International Congress, 4-6 September 2001, Manchester, Uk

This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the 14th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2001) , held in Manchester, UK, on 4-6 September 2001. COMADEM 2001 builds on the excellent reputation of previous conferences in this series, and is essential for anyone working in the field of condition monitoring and maintenance management. The scope of the conference is truly interdisciplinary. The Proceedings contains papers from six continents, written by experts in industry and academia the world over, bringing together the latest thoughts on topics including: Condition-based maintenance Reliability centred maintenance Asset management Industrial case studies Fault detection and diagnosis Prognostics Non-destructive evaluation Integrated diagnostics Vibration Oil and debris analysis Tribology Thermal techniques Risk assessment Structural health monitoring Sensor technology Advanced signal processing Neural networks Multivariate statistics Data compression and fusion This Proceedings also contains a wealth of industrial case studies, and the latest developments in education, training and certification. For more information on COMADEM's aims and scope, please visit http://www.comadem.com

Selected papers. Preface. Bearing diagnostics in helicopter gearboxes. Monitoring sliding wear using acoustic emission. Partially blind source separation of the diagnostic signals with prior knowledge. Design, development and assessment of maintenance system for building industry in developing countries. Certification in condition monitoring - development of an international PCN scheme for CM personnel. A non-linear technique for diagnosing spur gear tooth fatigue cracks: Volterra kernel approach. Securing the successful adoption of a global information delivery system. Applying neural networks to intelligent condition monitoring. Development of an automated fluorescent dye penetrant inspection system. Thermodynamic diagnosis at steam turbines. On-line sensor calibration verification: 'a survey'. Maintenance functional modelling centred on reliability. Assessment of structural integrity monitoring systems. Influence of turbine load on vibration pattern and symptom limit value determination procedures. The flow-induced vibration of cylinders in heat exchanger. Author index.