Staff Profiles
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Emeritus Professor Robert RANDALL |
Qualifications
| 1961 |
BTech: Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide |
| 1970 |
BA: Pure and Applied Mathematics and Swedish, The University of Melbourne |
Employment
| 1956-1961 |
Cadet Engineer, Dunlop Rubber Australia |
| 1961-1962 |
Design Engineer, Dunlop Rubber Canada |
| 1962-1963 |
Belting Engineer, Dominion Rubber (Montreal) |
| 1963-1964 |
Design Engineer, Ulvsunda Gummifabrik (Stockholm) |
| 1964-1967 |
Plant Engineer, Dunlop Rubber Australia |
| 1967-1971 |
Design Engineer, ICI Australia |
| 1971-1984 |
Applications Engineer, Bruel & Kjaer (Copenhagen) |
| 1984-1988 |
Applications Engineer, Bruel & Kjaer Australia |
| 1988-1995 |
Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales |
| 1996-2001 |
Associate Professor |
| 2002-2008 |
Professor |
| 2008- |
Emeritus Professor |
Visiting Appointments
| 1994 |
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, Visiting Researcher |
| 1994 |
CETIM France, Visiting Researcher |
| 1994 |
University of Rome, Italy, Visiting Researcher |
| 1997 |
University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Researcher |
| 1997 |
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, Research Fellow |
| 1997-2001 |
University of Technology of Compiegne, France, Visiting Professor (three times) |
| 1999-2004 |
University of St Etienne, France, Visiting Professor (twice) |
| 2005 |
University of Orleans, France, Visiting Professor |
Professional Societies
Teaching Areas
- Engineering Mechanics and Solid Mechanics
- Vibration Analysis
- Linear Systems
- Machine Condition Monitoring
Research Interests
- Vibration analysis and signal processing applied to machine condition monitoring
- Gear vibrations with respect to condition monitoring and noise control
- Applications of cyclostationary signal analysis in machine vibrations
- Mechanical applications of blind source separation and blind deconvolution
- Cepstrum analysis applied to machine diagnostics and structural dynamics
- Operational modal analysis
Director of DSTO Centre of Expertise in Helicopter Structures and Diagnostics (specialising in diagnostics of helicopter gearboxes, but also structural dynamics in conjunction with ADFA).
Professional Interests and Consulting
- The Institution of Engineers, Australia, National Committee on Applied Mechanics, Member
- Consultant to industry through Unisearch Ltd and Mechlab in vibration measurement and analysis, machine condition monitoring, noise control, etc, and course leader for courses in machine condition monitoring, vibration analysis etc.
Selected Publications
- RANDALL RB, "Vibration signature analysis - techniques and instrument systems", Noise, Shock and Vibration Conference, Monash University, pp 445-455 (1974).
- RANDALL RB, Frequency Analysis, Copenhagen: Bruel & Kjaer, 344 p (1977, revised ed. 1987).
- RANDALL RB, "A new method of modeling gear faults", ASME J. Mech. Design, Vol 104, pp 259-267 (1982).
- RANDALL RB, "Cepstrum analysis and gearbox fault diagnosis", Maintenance Management International, Vol 3, pp 183-208 (1982-1983).
- SWEENEY PJ and RANDALL RB, "Gear transmission error measurement using phase demodulation", Proc. I. Mech. E., Part C, J. Mech. Eng. Sci., Vol 210(C3), pp 201-213 (1996).
- GAO Y and RANDALL RB, "Determination of frequency response functions from response measurements - I. Extraction of poles and zeros from response cepstra", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, London, Academic Press, 10(3), pp 293-317. "- II. Regeneration of frequency response functions from poles and zeros", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, London, Academic Press, Vol 10(3), pp 319-340 (1996).
- HO D and RANDALL RB, "Optimisation of bearing diagnostic techniques using simulated and actual bearing fault signals", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol 14(5), pp 763-788 (1999).
- RANDALL RB, ANTONI J and CHOBSAARD S, "The relationship between spectral correlation and envelope analysis in the diagnostics of bearing faults and other cyclostationary machine signals", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol 15(5), pp 945-962 (2001).
- RANDALL RB, "Detection and diagnosis of incipient bearing failure in helicopter gearboxes", Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol 11(2), pp 177-190 (2004).
- RANDALL RB, "Applications of spectral kurtosis in machine diagnostics and prognostics", DAMAS 2005, Gdansk, Invited Keynote Lecture, July (2005).
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