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http://dx.doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2013.26.6.447

Model-based Diagnosis for Crack in a Gear of Wind Turbine Gearbox  

Leem, Sang Hyuck (Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Park, Sung Hoon (Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Choi, Joo Ho (School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.26, no.6, 2013 , pp. 447-454 More about this Journal
Abstract
A model-based method is proposed to diagnose the gear crack in the gearbox under variable loading condition with the objective to apply it to the wind turbine CMS(Condition Monitoring System). A simple test bed is installed to illustrate the approach, which consists of motors and a pair of spur gears. A crack is imbedded at the tooth root of a gear. Tachometer-based order analysis, being independent on the shaft speed, is employed as a signal processing technique to identify the crack through the impulsive change and the kurtosis. Lumped parameter dynamic model is used to simulate the operation of the test bed. In the model, the parameter related with the crack is inversely estimated by minimizing the difference between the simulated and measured features. In order to illustrate the validation of the method, a simulated signal with a specified parameter is virtually generated from the model, assuming it as the measured signal. Then the parameter is inversely estimated based on the proposed method. The result agrees with the previously specified parameter value, which verifies that the algorithm works successfully. Application to the real crack in the test bed will be addressed in the next study.
Keywords
wind turbine; diagnosis; gear crack; variable loading condition; order analysis; lumped parameter model; fault severity assessment;
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