NA4 is a vibration diagnostic parameter, developed by researchers at NASA Glenn Research Center, for health monitoring of gears in helicopter transmissions. NA4 reacts to the onset of gear pitting damage and continues to react to the damage as it spreads. This research also indicates NA4 reacts similarly to load variations. The sensitivity of NA4 to load changes will substantially affect its performance on a helicopter gearbox that experiences continuously changing load throughout its flight regimes. The parameter NA4 has been used to monitor gear fatigue tests at constant load. At constant load, NA4 effectively detects the onset of pitting damage and tracks damage severity. Previous research also shows that NA4 reacts to changes in load applied to the gears in the same way it reacts to the onset of pitting damage. The method used to calculate NA4 was modified to minimize these load effects. The modified NA4 parameter was applied to four sets of experimental data. Results indicate the modified NA4 is no longer sensitive to load changes, but remains sensitive to pitting damage.
Minimizing Load Effects on NA4 Gear Vibration Diagnostic Parameter
2001
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Tooling, Machinery, & Tools , Meetings , Vibration , Fatigue tests(Mechanics) , Helicopters , Gears , Health , Loads(Forces) , Damage assessment , Diagnosis(General) , Flight envelope , Transmissions(Mechanical) , Pitting , Fuzzy logic , Component report , Na4 gear vibration diagnostic parameter
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