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Fundamentals of Rotating MachineryDiagnosticsdoes an excellent
job ofexplaining the basic principles ofdynamics and diagnostics
and showingyou how to apply them to yourmachinery. It does so in a
straight-forward, intuitive manner, generouslyillustrated with
color graphics andcase histories, and not burdenedwith complex
mathematics.
The book starts by describing thefundamentals of vibration and
theplots that present the data in a mean-ingful way. It then
describes the staticand dynamic response of rotor systemsusing a
basic dynamic model.Next it introduces the most commonmachinery
malfunctions, includingrotor bow, unbalance, misalignment,rub, and
fluid-induced instabilities,and the response characteristics
that
you will use to identify them. Finally,
it uses its appendices to derive andexpand on important
relationshipsintroduced in the main text.
Each chapter of this book has beenthoroughly reviewed by experts
withmany years of experience in machinerydiagnostics. Case
histories, whichoriginated in the field with BentlyNevada machinery
specialists, illus-trate the critical diagnostic principles
used on machines in a variety ofapplications: syngas
compressor,draft fan, generator, electric motor,and pipeline
compressor.
The book does more than helpyou understand your machinery,
ithelps you predict what caused achange in its operation, or
predictwhat a change will cause to its oper-ation. It gives you a
solid foundationin the principles needed to solvemachinery
problems. No matterwhat new developments occur, thefundamental
principles of rotordynamics presented in this book willremain the
same.
Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diag-nostics, Donald E.
Bently and Charles T.Hatch (Minden: Bently Pressurized
BearingPress,2002).Contact [email protected] more
information.
Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics, anew book by
Donald E. Bently and Charles T. Hatch
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