Diagnostic Systems

The course is a substitute for:

Diagnostic Systems (E38DIS)
Diagnostic Systems (X38DIS)

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Department of Measurement

Synopsis:

Methods for nondestructive testing and electrical diagnostics, vibrodiagnostics and advanced signal processing methods (envelope, cepstral and order analysis), non-destructive testing and in-circuit testing for analog and digital circuits. Laboratory exercises demonstrate common diagnostic tasks, individual project is aimed to solving a complex problem in the area of diagnostics.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basic terms, diagnostic systems, quantities and models

2. Measuring systems for vibrodiagnostics, sensor interfaces

3. Sources of vibration, shaft, bearing and gear-box diagnostics

4. Signal preprocessing and analysis methods, filtering

5. Frequency and time domain analysis of vibrodiagnostic signals, time-frequency analysis

6. Diagnostics based on evaluation of impulse and continuous acoustic emission

7. Ultrasonic testing of material, methods, probes, evaluation

8. Electromagnetic, magnetic and eddy current methods for nondestructive testing

9. Optoelectronic diagnostic systems: holographic methods, radiography, endoscopy, thermovision

10. Diagnostic methods based on sound analysis, sound intensity, beamforming

11. Introduction to diagnostics of electronic circuits, models of faults

12. In-circuit testers for printed-circuits boards

13. Analog and digital signature analysis

14. Integration and automation of diagnostic systems, application of neural networks, fuzzy logic and expert systems in diagnostics

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Measurement and evaluation of sensor characteristic

2. Kinematics of shaft, orbit, corbit, ovality

3. Digital ultrasonic defectoscope, types of probes

4. Nondestructive testing of mechanical parts using eddy-current method

5. Acoustic emission, localization

6. Quiz, project assignement

7. Project

8. Project

9. Project

10. Project

11. Project

12. Project

13. Project presentation

14. Project presentation, assessment

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Peter J. Shull: Nondestructive Evaluation: Theory, Techniques, and Applications. CRC Press 2002. ISBN: 9780824788728

2. Steve Goldman: Vibration Spectrum Analysis. Industrial Press, Inc., 1999. ISBN: 978-0831130886

3. Vijay K. Madisetti and Douglas B. Williams: Digital Signal Processing Handbook. CRC Press/IEEE Press 1997. ISBN: 0849385725

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: