Vibration-Based Machines Wear Monitoring and Prediction

Dear Colleagues,

The application of vibration-based machines for wear monitoring and prediction is crucial in the accurate operation of machines, ensuring their optimum operational properties, safety, and integrity. In this respect, an increase in the utilization of vibration-based methods for the monitoring and prediction of wear in rotating machines has been observed in recent years. This evolution has been positively influenced by the following factors: advances in measurement techniques and the devices employed in vibration engineering, and the development of mathematical tools for signal processing and conditioning. All these factors impact vibration-based wear monitoring and prediction in machines and their components.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to collect interdisciplinary contributions on vibration-based machines for wear monitoring and prediction.

This Special Issue also aims to address the monitoring of wear in machines and the task of damage prediction in relation to numerical simulation and theoretical studies; this is in addition to practical solutions that are applicable to vibration-generating devices and rotating machines, the structural elements of heavy machines, vehicles, and so on.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Methods and aparatus of vibration-based wear monitoring;
• Advanced signal processing methods for vibration-based wear monitoring;
• Advanced theoretical discussions on wear propagation in technical systems;
• Wear monitoring and prediction in rotating machines;
• Wear prediction in the structural elements of machines;
• Wear modeling and simulations;
• Remaining useful life prediction;
• Practical cases of vibration-based wear monitoring and prediction;
• Assessment of wear identification.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zoltan-Iosif Korka
Prof. Dr. Michael I. Friswell
Guest Editors

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• condition monitoring
• prediction
• rotating machine
• simulation
• signal processing
• vibration
• wear monitoring