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Health Monitoring Of Cracked Rotor Systems Using External Excitation Techniques, Adam C. Wróblewski
Health Monitoring Of Cracked Rotor Systems Using External Excitation Techniques, Adam C. Wróblewski
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Cracked rotors present a significant safety and loss hazard in nearly every application of modern turbomachinery. This thesis focuses on the health monitoring, modeling, and analysis of machines with transverse breathing cracks, which open and close due to the self-weight of the rotor. After considering the modeling of cracked rotors, the thesis investigates an active structural health monitoring approach, focusing on the application of an active magnetic actuator to apply a specially designed external force excitation to the rotating shaft. Extensive experimental data has been collected and analyzed utilizing advanced diagnostic techniques. The presented results demonstrate that the use of …