An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Gears Diagnostics in AUVs Articles uri icon

authors

  • NICOLAS MARICHAL, GRACILIANO
  • DEL CASTILLO ZAS, MARÍA LOURDES
  • LOPEZ LOPEZ, JESUS
  • PADRON, ISIDRO
  • ARTES GOMEZ, MARIANO

publication date

  • April 2016

start page

  • 1

end page

  • 14

issue

  • 4, 529

volume

  • 16

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1424-3210

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1424-8220

abstract

  • In this paper, an intelligent scheme for detecting incipient defects in spur gears is presented. In fact, the study has been undertaken to determine these defects in a single propeller system of a small-sized unmanned helicopter. It is important to remark that although the study focused on this particular system, the obtained results could be extended to other systems known as AUVs (Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles), where the usage of polymer gears in the vehicle transmission is frequent. Few studies have been carried out on these kinds of gears. In this paper, an experimental platform has been adapted for the study and several samples have been prepared. Moreover, several vibration signals have been measured and their time-frequency characteristics have been taken as inputs to the diagnostic system. In fact, a diagnostic system based on an artificial intelligence strategy has been devised.

subjects

  • Mechanical Engineering

keywords

  • condition monitoring; vibration; genetic neuro-fuzzy systems; fuzzy logic; auvs; fault-tolerant control; neural-networks; underwater vehicles; fuzzy inference; vibration; algorithm; system; anfis