Rotating Machinery Vibration: From Analysis to Troubleshooting, Second Edition

by Maurice L. Adams

Overview

Rotating Machinery Vibration provides engineering professions with a thorough grounding in relevant fundamentals. It describes sources and types of vibration and delves into computer modeling and machine vibration signal analysis. The book is accompanied by a disk filled with tools for analyzing general rotor vibration and rotor balancing. Providing detailed descriptions of vibration symptoms for rotor unbalance, dynamic instability, rotor-stator rubs, misalignment, loose parts, cracked shafts, and rub-induced thermal bows, this book is an essential reference for engineering professionals across design and manufacturing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040063064
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/23/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	476
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Maurice L. Adams, Jr. is founder and past president of Machinery Vibration Inc., as well as professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Case Western Reserve University. The author of over 100 publications and the holder of U.S. patents, he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Adams received the BSME degree (1963) from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; the MEngSc degree (1970) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and the PhD degree (1977) from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Adams worked on rotating machinery engineering for 14 years in industry prior to becoming a professor in 1977, including employment at Allis Chalmers, Worthington, Franklin Institute Research Laboratories, and Westinghouse Corporate R&D Center.

Table of Contents

Part I: Primer on Rotor Vibration Vibration Concepts and Methods. Lateral Rotor Vibration Analysis Models. Torsional Rotor Vibration Analysis ModelsPart II: Rotor Dynamic Analyses RDA Code for Lateral Rotor Vibration Analyses. Bearing and Seal Rotor Dynamics. Turbo-Machinery Impeller and Blade EffectsPart III Monitoring and Diagnostics Rotor Vibration Measurement and Acquisition. Vibration Severity Guidelines. Signal Analysis and Identification of Vibration Causes Part IV Trouble-Shooting Case Studies Forced Vibration and Critical Speed Case Studies. Self-Excited Rotor Vibration Case Studies. Additional Rotor Vibration Cases and Topics. Index

Editorial Reviews

For readers in both industry and academia, Adams (mechanical and aerospace engineering, Case Western Reserve U.) examines all the major issues related to rotor vibration in a unified presentation. He details the underlying principles governing rotor vibration, and describes modern measurement and computational tools for analyzing and troubleshooting designs. With an emphasis on gaining physical insight into the problem, he covers the fundamental of rotor vibration, analysis using the general-purpose lateral rotor vibration computer code contained on the enclosed 3.5<"> disk, monitoring and diagnosis, and case studies of troubleshooting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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