Techniques for the Health Assessment of Automotive Alternators

Abstract

Preliminary data analysis was performed on automotive alternators in common use in Army vehicles. This effort was an investigation on the feasibility of early fault detection using data analysis techniques. Using data acquired on a common military vehicle alternator, several analysis methods were employed to arrive at features expected to indicate anomalous behavior. This specific data analysis task supports the broader objective to investigate the feasibility of real-time condition monitoring and failure mode diagnostics in Army systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564669

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Bayba
  • David N. Siegel
  • Kwok Tom

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alternators
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Feature Selection
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Domain
  • Modulation
  • Monitoring
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectra
  • Time Domain
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design