A Prototype Fiberoptic Deflectometer for SSME Turbopump Bearing Health Monitoring

Gamache, Ronald W.

doi:10.4271/931361

SAE Technical Paper Series 1993

DOI: 10.4271/931361

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A Prototype Fiberoptic Deflectometer for SSME Turbopump Bearing Health Monitoring

Ronald W. Gamache¹

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Sensitivity of RF Sensors for Bearing Health Monitoring

Gudorf

Sharma

Voevodin

2009

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Coated bearings in high-performance turbine engines have the potential to provide considerable improvement in engine reliability and service-life extension. One coating performance indicator is the level of vibration generated by rolling elements and their cage separators at high-speed bearing operation. This article introduces a nonintrusive, cage-mounted sensor that detects cage vibration and transmits wirelessly to a nearby receiver. The sensitivity of the cage-mounted sensor was compared to a housing-mounted accelerometer in the detection of seeded faults in coated and uncoated bearings. The smallest spall on an uncoated bearing that the sensor could detect was 28 µm deep × 3.2 mm wide, with a reliability of ∼40%. In contrast, the accelerometer consistently detected all levels of flaws, the smallest being 0.4 µm deep × 3.2 mm wide on the coated bearing, with a reliability of 55%. Despite the sensor having a detection rate less than the accelerometer, this research successfully demonstrated that the sensor could detect inner-racebearing flaws and established its sensitivity level.

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Sensitivity of RF Sensors for Bearing Health Monitoring

Gudorf

Sharma

Voevodin

2009

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