Publications - A/Prof Ian Howard

2003-2004

J. Wang and I. Howard, "Finite element analysis of high contact ratio spur gears in mesh". Under review, ASME, Journal of Tribology, April 2003.

J. Wang and I. Howard, "The torsional stiffness of involute spur gears". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science,  2004, Vol. 218, No. 1, pp 131-142.

S. Jia, I. Howard and J. Wang, "The dynamic modelling of multiple pairs of spur gears in mesh including friction and geometrical errors". International Journal of Rotating Machinery, Vol. 9, No. 6, November/December 2003, pp 437 - 442.

2002

S. Jia, I. Howard & J. Wang, "The Dynamic Modelling of Multiple pairs of Spur gears in Mesh Including Friction and Geometrical Errors". Proceedings of the 6th IFToMM International Conference on Rotor Dynamics, September 30th - October 4th, Sydney Australia 2002, Vol. 2, pp 698-705.

2001

I. Howard, S. Jia & J. Wang, "The Dynamic Modelling of a Spur Gear in Mesh Including Friction and a Crack". Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2001), Vol 15, No. 5, pp 831 - 853.

I. Howard, S. Jia & J. Wang, "The Dynamic Modelling of Multiple Pairs of Spur Gears in Mesh Including Friction". Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2001), 4th - 6th September, Manchester UK 2001, pp 841 - 848.

S. Jia, I. Howard & J. Wang, "A Common Formula for Spur Gear Mesh Stiffness". Proceedings of the JSME International Conference on Motion and Power Transmissions, MPT2001-Fukuoka, Japan, November 15th - 17th, 2001, pp 1 - 4.

2000

S. Jia,  J. Wang & I. Howard, "The Modelling of the Vibration Response of Spur Gears with Localised Teeth Cracks". Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2000), 3rd - 8th December, Houston, Texas, USA 2000, pp 809 - 818.

J. Wang, I. Howard & S. Jia, "FEA Analysis of Spur Gears in Mesh Using a Torsional Stiffness Approach". Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2000), 3rd - 8th December, Houston, Texas, USA 2000, pp 991 - 1000.

1999

P. Svicarevich, I. Howard & J. Wang, "The Dynamic Modelling of a Spur gear In Mesh Including Friction". International Conference on Applications of Modal Analysis '99, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia,15th - 17th December 1999, Paper 4.4.

A. Omerovich, I. Howard & L. Morgan, "The Modelling and Detection of White Metal Surface Damage in Journal Bearings". Proceedings of the International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5th - 8th July, 1999, pp 3017 - 3024.

Y. Pruksachat, I. Howard & G. Bates, "Exposure to Whole-body Vibration in Thai Quarry Workers". Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference '99, 13th - 15th December 1999, Singapore, pp 712 - 717.

1998

S. Sirichai, I. M. Howard, L. Morgan & K.K. Teh, "The Static Transmission Error of Cracked Spur Gear Teeth Using FEA". Accepted for presentation at the ASME 18th Computers in Engineering Conference, September 13th - 16th, CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

S. Sirichai, I. M. Howard, L. Morgan & K.K. Teh, "A Finite Element Model of Spur Gears in Mesh With A Single Tooth crack". Accepted for presentation at the International Symposium on Advanced and Aerospace Science and Technology in Indonesia, ISASTI 98, Jakarta, Indonesia, 31st August - 3rd September, 1998.

R.T. Das & I.M. Howard, "Need to Improve Burden Distribution in Bell-Less Charged Blast Furnaces". Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, In Print, June 1998.

1997

S. Sirichai, I.M. Howard, L. Morgan & K.K. Teh, "Finite Element Analysis of Gears in Mesh". Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Adelaide, South Australia, December 15 - 18, Vol II, pp 869 - 876.

I.M. Howard, "Higher Order Spectral Techniques for Machine Condition Monitoring". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 211, pp 211 - 219.

Trent Wheeler and Ian Howard, "Neural network classification of rolling element bearing vibration". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Application of Numerical Methods in Engineering (2nd NUMETe), Selangor, Malaysia, June 23rd - 25th, 1997, pp 563 - 574.

S. Sirichai, I.M. Howard, L. Morgan & K.K. Teh, "A Synthetic Verification of 2-D Contact Stiffness". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Application of Numerical Methods in Engineering (2nd NUMETe), Selangor, Malaysia, June 23rd - 25th, 1997, pp 261 - 271.

R.T. Das and I.M. Howard, "Effectiveness of Bell-less Distribution in Iron Blast Furnaces and a search for Improvements". International Journal of Powder Handling & Processing, Vol. 9, No. 1, January/March 1997, pp 21 - 26.

1996

S. Sirchai, L. Morgan, I.M. Howard and K.K. Teh, "The Measurement of the Static Torsional Stiffness of Gears in Mesh". Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments, Hayama, Kanagawa Pref., Japan, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 1996, pp. 251 - 258.

K.A. Baker, B.M. Douglas and I.M. Howard, "A review of orbit analysis for turbogenerator condition monitoring". Proceedings of the 1st Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, February 1996, Vol. 2, pp 719 - 723.

I.M. Howard and D.C. Hesterman, "Phase coupling of secondary inertia effects in the torsional reponse of a single cylinder engine". Proceedings of the 1st Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, February 1996, Vol. 2, pp 761 - 766.

1995

C. Stone and I.M. Howard, "Investigation of transient orthogonal shaft motion of large turbogenerators". Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Australian Acoustical Society, Perth, 15th - 17th Nov., 1995, pp 159 - 164.

I.M. Howard, "Noise and vibration data acquisition using a 16 bit PC sound card". Acoustics Australia, Journal of the Australian Acoustical Society, August 1995, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp 45 - 49.

I.M. Howard, "Vibration signal processing using MATLAB". Acoustics Australia, Journal of the Australian Acoustical Society, April 1995, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp 9 - 13.

1994

I.M. Howard, "Bispectral analysis for bearing vibration analysis". Proceedings of the 1994 Tri-Annual Vibration and Noise Conference, Perth, May 1994, Vol. 3, pp 183 - 192.

I.M. Howard, "A review of factors affecting bearing vibration monitoring". Proceedings of the 1994 Tri-Annual Vibration and Noise Conference, Perth, May 1994, Vol. 3, pp 163 - 172.

1993

I.M. Howard, "Signal processing techniques for mechanical diagnosis of Space Shuttle Main Engine Turbomachinery using vibration analysis". TII External Report R9301-002-RD, January 1993.

1991

I.M. Howard, "An investigation of vibration signal averaging of individual components in an epicyclic gearbox". Propulsion Report 185, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, June 1991.

1990

I.M. Howard and N.S. Swansson, "Demodulating high frequency resonance signals for bearing fault detection". Proceedings of the Australian Vibration and Noise Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 18th - 20th September 1990, pp 115 - 121.

I.M. Howard, "Epicyclic transmission fault detection by vibration analysis". Proceedings of the Australian Vibration and Noise Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 18th - 20th September 1990, pp 171 - 178.

PRE-1990

I.M. Howard, "Complex demodulation for bearing fault detection". Propulsion Technical Memorandum 468, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, October 1989.

I.M. Howard and G.W. Stachowiak, "Detection of surface defects in rolling element bearings". Institution of Engineers Australia, Mechanical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 3, 1989, pp 158 - 164.

I.M. Howard, "An investigation of the noise and vibration generation mechanism in rolling element bearings". Research Report, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, April 1988.

I.M. Howard and B.J. Stone, "A receptance technique for the modelling of the vibration characteristics of any beam type structure". Annals of CIRP, Vol. 37/1/88, pp 355 - 360.

I.M. Howard, "A Transfer Function Technique for the Prediction of the Vibration Characteristics of any Beam type Structures". Ph.D Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, July 1987.

I.M. Howard, M.P. Norton and B.J. Stone, "A coincident damper for reducing pipe wall vibrations in piping systems with disturbed internal turbulent flow". Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 113(2), 1987, pp 377 - 393.

I.M. Howard, M.P. Norton and B.J. Stone, "A ring damper for the reduction of flow induced pipeline noise and vibration". Proceedings of the International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 1986, pp 675 - 680.

I.M. Howard and B.J. Stone, "The prediction of the vibration characteristics of robots". Proceedings of the Fourth International Modal Analysis Conference, Los Angeles, California, February 1986, pp 342 - 348.

I.M. Howard, "Vibration control of pipes". Honours Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, October, 1983.