Vibration–based Condition Monitoring: Industrial, Aerospace and Automotive Applications

Explaining complex ideas in an easy to understand way, Randall provides a comprehensive survey of the applications of vibration analysis to the condition monitoring of machines, reflecting the natural progression of these systems by presenting the fundamental material and then moving onto detection, diagnosis and prognosis. Sections include vibration signals from rotating and reciprocating machines, basic signal processing techniques, fault detection, diagnostic techniques, and prognostics. Up to date research results are presented, and a number of exercises are included for each chapter, many based on Matlab®, to illustrate basic points as well as to facilitate the use of the book as a textbook for courses in the topic.Much needed, up–to–date survey of the applications of vibration analysis to the condition monitoring of machines Authored by an internationally recognised authority in the area of condition monitoring Explains complex ideas in an easy to understand way. Accompanied by a website housing exercises along with data sets and implementation code in Matlab® for some of the methods as well as other pedagogical aids.