Application of the Teager-Kaiser energy operator in diagnostics of a hydrodynamic bearing

The paper presents the use of the Teager-Kaiser energy operator (TKEO) to evaluate the state of rotor unbalance. The method was developed in 1990 by Kaiser and involves a simple calculation of signal energy. It has been used before in diagnostics, e.g. during the evaluation of instability of hydrodynamic bearings and as a diagnostic symptom of gearbox damage. This paper is the first to present the use of the Teager-Kaiser method to evaluate the rotor unbalance in hydrodynamic bearings.