<p> Vibration Analysis (VA) is a key technique used for maintenance and fault detection of vibrating machinery. The purpose of maintenance is to analyze how well the machinery is operating within its target parameters, while fault detection is done to diagnose and locate a fault that might be developing on the machinery.</p> <p> If we consider s(n) to be the true signal from a rotating system and e(n) to be the additive noise corrupting the signal, then the observed signal is x(n) = s(n) + e(n). If s(n) is composed of a main driving frequency sm(n) and summed fault frequencies sf(n), then fault detection is the study of sf(n). In fault detection, we eliminate e(n) as much as possible so that sf(n) can be isolated and studied.</p> <p> This thesis presents a technique based on cross-correlation, utilizing a network of sensors, to eliminate e(n) from the measurements, preserving just the correlated frequency content. This is extended to provide a means of localizing the source of the frequency content, based on the relative strengths of the members of the complete set of cross-correlations between all sensors. This technique has been shown to be able to extract a signal buried by noise, in situations where the traditional FFT fails.</p> <p> To enable this, a new VA system has been developed. This introduces new wireless vibration sensors as well as a data capture unit capable of providing real-time VA data to technicians. The system can simultaneously capture data from eight sensors, so the data can be used not only for traditional VA techniques, but also in conjunction with the cross-correlation technique described above. This system is now commercially available and in use by dozens of technicians around the world. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Durante la época lluviosa del año 2010 y la época seca del año 2011 fue examinada la composición de especies de lechuzas en la Vertiente Pacífica de Costa Rica. Se utilizó el método de estimulación con vocalizaciones coespecíficas para estimar la composición, frecuencia de detección y abundancia relativa de especies de ensamblajes de búhos y lechuzas en tres núcleos de bosque tropical secundario distribuidos en un rango de 0 m hasta 2100 m. El estudio se basó en la clasificación de zonas de vida desarrollado por Holdridge. Se registraron un total de siete especies de aves rapaces nocturnas. Se colocaros 16 puntos de muestreo en dos senderos de cada núcleo de bosque, ocho puntos por sendero. Los tres sitios variaron en cuanto a la riqueza de especies detectadas y esperadas. Las diferencias no fueron significativas entre los núcleos durante la época lluviosa, sin embargo para Strix nigrolineata y Strix virgata si hubieron diferencias durante la época seca. La similitud de especies fue mayor entre los núcleos de alturas menores, y más baja entre el bosque de tierras bajas y el bosque de tierras altas. La frecuencia de detección varía entre especie y entre núcleos de bosque, siendo Strix virgata la lechuza con mayor frecuencia de detección en tierras bajas e intermedias, y mayor abundancia en los tres núcleos de bosque. Por el contrario Lophostrix cristata tuvo menor frecuencia de detección y menor abundancia en dos de los tres núcleos de bosque estudiados durante la época lluviosa. No se detectó ningún individuo de Pulsatrix perspicilata dentro de los puntos de muestreo durante la época lluviosa, sin embargo fuera de los puntos si hubo registros / During the rainy season of 2010 and the dry season of 2011, We examined the composition of owl species within in the Pacific Slope of Costa Rica. We employed the playback survey method using conspecific vocalizations of owl species to estimate their composition, frequency of detection and relative abundance of owl species in three secondary tropical stands of forest distributed from sea level to 2100m. The study was based on the classification of life zones developed by Holdridge. A total of seven owl species were detected. We set up 16 points in two trails at each forst fragment, eight points per trail. The detected and expected species richness was different at the three forest fragments. While differences were not significant, the three stands differed in species richness; nevertheless there were differences in the dry season for Strix virgata and Strix nigrolineata, with a greater overlap of owl species among the middle/lower forest areas, and lower among the lowland forest and upland forest. The detection rate varied between species and between forest stands, with Strix virgata detected most frequently in the lowlands and intermediate lands, and with higher abundance than other owls in the three stands of forest. By contrast, Lophostrix cristata had lower frequency of detection and lower abundance in two of the three studied forests during the rainy season. We found no Pulsatrix perspicilata individuals within the sampling sites in the rainy season, however there were records outside the sample areas

Durante la época lluviosa del año 2010 y la época seca del año 2011 fue examinada la composición de especies de lechuzas en la Vertiente Pacífica de Costa Rica. Se utilizó el método de estimulación con vocalizaciones coespecíficas para estimar la composición, frecuencia de detección y abundancia relativa de especies de ensamblajes de búhos y lechuzas en tres núcleos de bosque tropical secundario distribuidos en un rango de 0 m hasta 2100 m. El estudio se basó en la clasificación de zonas de vida desarrollado por Holdridge. Se registraron un total de siete especies de aves rapaces nocturnas. Se colocaros 16 puntos de muestreo en dos senderos de cada núcleo de bosque, ocho puntos por sendero. Los tres sitios variaron en cuanto a la riqueza de especies detectadas y esperadas. Las diferencias no fueron significativas entre los núcleos durante la época lluviosa, sin embargo para Strix nigrolineata y Strix virgata si hubieron diferencias durante la época seca. La similitud de especies fue mayor entre los núcleos de alturas menores, y más baja entre el bosque de tierras bajas y el bosque de tierras altas. La frecuencia de detección varía entre especie y entre núcleos de bosque, siendo Strix virgata la lechuza con mayor frecuencia de detección en tierras bajas e intermedias, y mayor abundancia en los tres núcleos de bosque. Por el contrario Lophostrix cristata tuvo menor frecuencia de detección y menor abundancia en dos de los tres núcleos de bosque estudiados durante la época lluviosa. No se detectó ningún individuo de Pulsatrix perspicilata dentro de los puntos de muestreo durante la época lluviosa, sin embargo fuera de los puntos si hubo registros / During the rainy season of 2010 and the dry season of 2011, We examined the composition of owl species within in the Pacific Slope of Costa Rica. We employed the playback survey method using conspecific vocalizations of owl species to estimate their composition, frequency of detection and relative abundance of owl species in three secondary tropical stands of forest distributed from sea level to 2100m. The study was based on the classification of life zones developed by Holdridge. A total of seven owl species were detected. We set up 16 points in two trails at each forst fragment, eight points per trail. The detected and expected species richness was different at the three forest fragments. While differences were not significant, the three stands differed in species richness; nevertheless there were differences in the dry season for Strix virgata and Strix nigrolineata, with a greater overlap of owl species among the middle/lower forest areas, and lower among the lowland forest and upland forest. The detection rate varied between species and between forest stands, with Strix virgata detected most frequently in the lowlands and intermediate lands, and with higher abundance than other owls in the three stands of forest. By contrast, Lophostrix cristata had lower frequency of detection and lower abundance in two of the three studied forests during the rainy season. We found no Pulsatrix perspicilata individuals within the sampling sites in the rainy season, however there were records outside the sample areas

Afin d’identifier les composés responsables de l’arôme du gin, une procédure GC-O-MS se basant sur la fréquence de détection a été développée. Elle a permis de déterminer l’intensité odorante des composés volatils. Leur qualité d’odeur a pu être définie par le développement d’une roue des odeurs utilisée pour catégoriser les descripteurs obtenus. Cette approche nous a dans un premier temps permis d’identifier les composés potentiellement importants pour l’arôme du gin. L’origine de ces composés a ensuite été déterminée par l’étude de la fraction volatile de différents « botanicals » appartenant à la recette du gin. Cette stratégie nous a permis de constater que les baies de genièvre et les graines de coriandre étaient les principaux contributeurs en composés volatils d’impact. A l’opposé, les racines d’iris, la réglisse et les amandes ont semblé n’en apporter aucun. Nous avons donc distingué les « botanicals majeurs » et les « botanicals mineurs » selon leurs apports en composés volatils d’impact. Cette hypothèse a été globalement validée par différents tests sensoriels sur des mélanges de distillats. Enfin, une stratégie de recombinaison a été proposée dans le but de valider une sélection des composés d’impact. Une approche multicritères (intensité odorante, qualité d’odeur, propriétés physico-chimiques…) a abouti à la création de plusieurs recombinaisons. Celles-ci ont ensuite été analysées sensoriellement grâce à un test de tri-libre qui a permis de déterminer leur proximité avec le gin cible ainsi que les distances entre elles. Ainsi, une quinzaine de composés ont pu être identifiés comme influençant de manière importante la qualité aromatique du gin / In order to identify the compounds responsible for gin aroma, a GCO-MS procedure based on detection frequency analysis has been developed. It allowed the determination of volatile compound odorant intensity. Their odor quality has been defined thanks to a developed aroma wheel, used to categorize the obtained descriptors. This approach permitted the identification of gin aroma potential impact compounds. The origin of these compounds has then been determined by studying the different botanicals involved in the gin recipe. The obtained results showed that juniper berries and coriander seeds were the main contributors in terms of volatile impact compounds. At the opposite, orris roots, liquorice and almond did not seem to provide any of them. We thus differentiated the “major botanicals” from the “minor botanicals” according to their supply in volatile impact compounds. This hypothesis has been globally validated by different sensory tests on botanical distillate mixtures. Finally, a recombination procedure has been proposed in order to validate a selection of impact compounds. A multicriteria approach (odor intensity, odor quality, physic-chemical properties…) led to the creation of several recombinates. They have been sensorially analyzed by a free sorting task, which allowed determining their proximity with the target gin and the distance between them. Thus, around fifteen compounds have been identified as key compounds for gin aroma