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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

The following is a list of publications resulting from the research reported in this thesis:

Blunt, D.M. and Forrester, B.D., “Health Monitoring of Black Hawk and Seahawk Main

Transmissions using Vibration Analaysis”, Second Pacific International Conference on

Aerospace Science and Technology - Sixth Australian Aeronautical Conference 1995,

Melbourne, Australia, pp 33-40, March 1995.

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Applications, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 78-82, April 1989.