Ken Maynard's Publications

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· C. J. Lissenden, S. P. Tissot, M. W. Trethewey and K. P. Maynard, Torsion Response of a Cracked Stainless Steel Shaft, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, August 2007, Vol. 30, Issue 8, Page 673-782.

· Thornton, William R., Trethewey, Martin W., Maynard, Kenneth P., Sadler, James, Vibration Isolation of a Medical Facility, Sound and Vibration Magazine, December, 2006 issue.

· Resor, B.R., Trethewey, M.W., Maynard, K.P., Compensation for Encoder Geometry and Shaft Speed Variation in Time Interval Torsional Vibration Measurement, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 286, 22 September 2005, pp. 897-920, 2005.

· Charles L. Groover, Martin W. Trethewey, Kenneth P. Maynard, Mitchell S. Lebold, Removal oforder domain content in rotating equipment signals by double resampling, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Volume 19, Issue 3, May 2005, Pages 483-500.

· Garrett, Phillip W., Guindon, Edward J., Trethewey, Martin W., Lebold, Mitchell S., Maynard, Kenneth P., Shaft Crack Monitoring via Torsional Vibration Analysis; Part 2 – Field Applications; 2005 International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, January 31 - February 3, 2005.

· Bieryla, Dennis J., Trethewey, Martin W., Lissenden, Clifford J., Lebold, Mitchell S., Maynard, Kenneth P., Shaft Crack Monitoring via Torsional Vibration Analysis; Part 1 – Laboratory Tests; 2005 International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, January 31 - February 3, 2005.

· Lebold, M. S., Maynard, K. P., Reichard, K, Trethewey, M., Bieryla, D., Lissenden, C., Dobbins, D., Using Torsional Vibration Analysis as a Synergistic Method for Crack Detection in Rotating Equipment, 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 6-13, 2004.

· Groover, C. L., Trethewey, M. W., Maynard, K. P., Lebold, M. S., Removal of Order Domain Content in Rotating Equipment Signals by Double Resampling, IMAC-XXII, International Modal Analysis Conference, Dearborn, Mi, Jan. 26-29, 2004.

· Hively, Lee M.; Protopopescu; Vladimir A.; Reichard, Karl M.; Maynard, Kenneth P., Forewarning of Failure in Critical Equipment at Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plants, Final Project Report, NERI Project #2000-0109, October 24, 2003.

· Felicia A. Durán, James E. Campbell, Bruce M. Thompson, Hai D. Le, Joseph W. Spencer, Mammar Maghraoui, Michael W. Golay, Bilge Yildiz, Kenneth P. Maynard, Mitchell Lebold, Daryl L. Harmon, Charles F. Ridolfo, Hee-Hwan Han, Hyeong-Pyo Hong, Hyeong-Soon Yim, Smart Equipment and Systems to Improve the Reliability and Safety in Future Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, Project No. 99-306, Final Report, August, 2003.

· Mitchell Lebold, Kenneth Maynard, et. al., Technology Development for Shaft Crack Detection in Rotating Equipment, EPRI International Maintenance Conference, EPRI International Maintenance Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 18-20, 2003.

· Yildiz, B.; Golay, M.; Maynard, K. P., Maghraoui, M., Development of a Hybrid Intelligent System For On-Line Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Operations, 2002 PSAM 6 (Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management) Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23–28, 2002.

· Kacprzynski, G. J; Roemer, M. J.; Byington, C. S.; Modgil, G. A.; Palladino, A; Maynard, K. P., Enhancing Gear Physics-of-Failure Models with System Level Vibration Features, Proceedings of the 56th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, April 15-19, 2002.

· Kacprzynski, G. J; Roemer, M. J.; Modgil, G. A.; Palladino, A; Maynard, K. P., Enhancement of Physics-of-Failure Prognostic Models with System Level Features, 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 9-16, 2002.

· Maynard, Kenneth P., Vibration Feature Extraction for Smart Sensors The Pennsylvania State University, The Graduate School, College of Engineering. Thesis, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering. December, 2001.

· Maynard, K. P., and Trethewey, M. W., Blade and Shaft Crack Detection Using Torsional Vibration Measurements Part 3: Field Application Demonstrations, Noise and Vibration Worldwide, Volume 32, No. 11, December 2001, pp. 16-23.

· Maynard, K.; Trethewey, M.; Gill, R.; Resor, B., Gas Turbine Blade and Disk Crack Detection Using Torsional Vibration Monitoring: A Feasibility Study, Proceedings of 14th International Congress and Exhibition on Condition Monitoring And Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM), 4-6 September 2001, University of Manchester, UK.

· Yildiz, B.; Golay, M.; Maynard, K. P., Maghraoui, M., Development of Expert System with Bayesian Networks for Application in Nuclear Power Plants, 2001 EPRI International Maintenance Conference, Houston, TX, August 14-16, 2001.

· Maynard, K. P., Trethewey, M. W., Application of Torsional Vibration Measurement to Blade and Shaft Crack Detection in Operating Machinery, Maintenance and Reliability Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, May 6-9, 2001.

· Harmon, D. L.; Golay, M. W.; Campbell, J. E.; Duran, F. A.; Maynard, K. P.;Spencer, J. W, Developing "Smart" Equipment and Systems Through Collaborative Neri Research and Development: A First Year Of Progress, Maintenance and Reliability Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, May 6-9, 2001.

· Harmon, D. L.; Golay, M. W.; Campbell, J. E.; Duran, F. A.; Maynard, K. P.; Spencer, J. W, Wising Up to Get Smart, Nuclear Engineering International, May, 2001.

· Maynard, K. P., Trethewey, M. W., Groover,C., Application of Torsional Vibration Measurement to Shaft Crack Monitoring in Power Plants, Proceedings of the 55th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, April 2-5, 2001.

· Maynard, K. P., and Trethewey, M. W., Blade and Shaft Crack Detection Using Torsional Vibration Measurements Part 2: Resampling to Improve Effective Dynamic Range, Noise and Vibration Worldwide, Volume 32, No. 2, February 2001, pp. 23-26.

· Maynard, K. P., and Trethewey, M. W., Blade and Shaft Crack Detection Using Torsional Vibration Measurements Part 1: Feasibility Studies, Noise and Vibration Worldwide, Volume 31, No. 11, December, 2000, pp. 9-15.

· Harmon, D. L.; Chapman, L. D.; Golay, M. W.; Maynard, K. P.; Spencer, J. W, Developing "Smart" Equipment and Systems Through Collaborative Neri Research and Development: A First Year Of Progress, Basin Nuclear Conference, Seoul Korea, October 29-November 2, 2000.

· Begg, C. D.; Byington, C. S.; and Maynard, K. P, Dynamic Simulation of Mechanical Fault Transition, Proceedings of the 54th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4, 2000, p. 203-212.

· Lebold, M.; McClintic, K.; Campbell, R.; Byington, C.; Maynard, K., Review of Vibration Analysis Methods for Gearbox Diagnostics and Prognostics, Proceedings of the 54th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4, 2000, p. 623-634.

· McClintic, K.; Lebold, M.; Maynard, K.; Byington, C.; Campbell, R., Residual and Difference Feature Analysis with Transitional Gearbox Data, Proceedings of the 54th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4, 2000, p. 635-645.

· Maynard, K. P.; Lebold, M.; Groover, C.; Trethewey, M., Application of Double Resampling to Shaft Torsional Vibration Measurement for the Detection of Blade Natural Frequencies, Proceedings of the 54th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-4, 2000, p. 87-94.

· Reichard, Karl M.; Van Dyke, Mike; Maynard, Ken, Application of sensor fusion and signal classification techniques in a distributed machinery condition monitoring system, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Apr 25-Apr 28 2000, p 329-336.

· Harmon, D. L.; Chapman, L. D.; Golay, M. W.; Maynard, K. P.; Spencer, J. W, Developing "Smart" Equipment and Systems Through Collaborative NERI Research and Development, Korean Nuclear Society/Korea Atomic Industrial Forum, Seoul, Korea, April 19-21, 2000.

· Begg, C.; T. Merdes, C. S. Byington, and K. P. Maynard, Mechanical System Modeling for Failure Diagnosis and Prognosis, Maintenance and Reliability Conference (MARCON 99), Gatlinburg, Tennessee, May 10-12, 1999.

· Maynard, K. P.; and M. Trethewey, On The Feasibility of Blade Crack Detection through Torsional Vibration Measurements, Proceedings of the 53rd Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Virginia Beach, VA, April 19-22, 1999, pp. 451-459.

· Maynard, K. P.; Interstitial Processing: The Application of Noise Processing to Gear Fault Detection, Proceedings of the International Conference on Condition Monitoring, University of Wales Swansea, UK, 12th - 16th April 1999, pp. 77-86.

· Maynard, K. P.; Validation of Helicopter Nominal and Faulted Conditions Using Fleet Data Sets, Proceedings of the International Conference on Condition Monitoring, University of Wales Swansea, UK, 12th - 16th April 1999, pp. 129-141.

· Au-Yang, M. K.; Maynard, K. P., Guidelines for the Reduction of Random Modal Test Data, Proceedings of the International Modal Analysis Conference & Exhibit VI 1985, p 384-389 .

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