An expert system for off-line analysis of rotating equipment

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dc.contributor.authorHoglund, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKirk, R. Gordonen
dc.contributor.committeememberNelson, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMitchell, Larry D.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:50:47Zen
dc.date.adate2012-11-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:50:47Zen
dc.date.issued1989-08-05en
dc.date.rdate2012-11-29en
dc.date.sdate2012-11-29en
dc.description.abstractThe analysis of rotating equipment difficulties is currently accomplished by a specialist in rotating equipment examining the signs and symptoms of the equipment, applying his expert judgement, and determining the cause of the machine's difficulty. This thesis covers the development of an off-line expert system that can be used to emulate the expert's ability to interpret the signs and symptoms of the machine, including suggestions of possible further actions to take for repairing the problem or refining the proof for the proposed cause the difficulty. An editor has also been built which will allow an expert to keep the information used by the system current with the state of the art for rotating machinery diagnostics. This thesis documents the development of the PC-based Turbo Prolog expert shell and external knowledge-base editor. The use of the system editor is illustrated by loading current diagnostic table information into a knowledge base. Then the expert program's operation is illustrated by applying the editor-formed database in a typical session. The expert shell and knowledge base can operate as a stand-alone unit for field application. Resident experts in machinery diagnostics can build and update databases for distribution to users in the company to assure full uniform utilization of the current and most correct knowledge.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 112 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11292012-040043en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292012-040043/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46041en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1989.H645.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 20765928en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1989.H645en
dc.subject.lcshExpert systems (Computer science)en
dc.subject.lcshRotational motion -- Researchen
dc.titleAn expert system for off-line analysis of rotating equipmenten
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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