Preventive maintenance is a signi"cant cost associated with the use of helicopters. Recent e!orts have focused on changing maintenance from periodic inspection to condition-based systems. In the past, various methods of vibration analysis have been used to detect faults in helicopter gearboxes. In t
Pattern classifier for fault diagnosis of helicopter gearboxes
โ Scribed by H. Chin; K. Danai; D.G. Lewicki
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 738 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0967-0661
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โฆ Synopsis
Application of a diagnostic system to a helicopter gearbox is presented. The diagnostic system is a nonparametric pattern classifier that uses a multi-tmlued influen~ matrix (MVIM) as its diagnostic model and benefits from a fast learning algorithm that enables it to estimate its diagnostic model from a small number of measurement-fault data. To test this diagnostic system, vibration measurements were collected from a helicopter gearbox test stand during accelerated fatigue tests and at various fault instances. The diagnostic results indicate that the MVIM system can accurately detect and diagnose various gearbox faults so long as they are included in training.
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