The subject of condition monitoring is becoming increasingly popular on engineering courses. One of the principal techniques used to assess the condition of plant and machinery is vibration monitoring. Traditional teaching methods can adequately present the analytical techniques to students and case studies illustrate their application but the art of diagnosing faults in machinery is usually not addressed to any significant extent. To overcome this deficiency a ‘game’ has been devised which gives students the opportunity to apply aspects of vibration monitoring to a simulated piece of real plant.
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