Leahy, M.Mba, DavidCooper, P.Montgomery, A.Owen, D.2011-11-282011-11-282006-01-01M. Leahy, D. Mba, P. Cooper, A. Montgomery, D. Owen. Acoustic Emission for the detection of shaft-to-seal rubbing in large power generation turbines. Advanced Materials Research, 2006, Vols.13-14, pp433-438.1022-6680http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/2243http://www.scientific.netAn empirical investigation is undertaken in order to assess the potential of the AE technique for the detection of seal-to-rotor rubbing in steam turbines. Rubbing was induced at various axial locations along a 4 ½ tonne test rotor, rotating at 3000 rpm and supported by 7” (178mm) journal bearings. This paper examines the capabilities of bearing mounted AE transducers for the detection of seal-torotor rubbien-UKAcoustic emissionscondition monitoringseal rubbingArticle