This paper proposes a Gaussian mixture model-based (GMM) bearing fault band selection (GMM-WBBS) method for signal processing. The proposed method benefits reliable feature extraction using fault frequency oriented Gaussian mixture model (GMM) window series. Selecting exclusively bearing fault frequency harmonics, it eliminates the interference of bearing normal vibrations in the lower frequencies, bearing natural frequencies, and the higher frequency contents that prove to be useful only for anomaly detection but do not provide any insight into the bearing fault location.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGearbox fault diagnosis based on the analysis of vibration signals has been a major research topic for a few decades due to the advantages of vibration characteristics. Such characteristics are used for early fault detection to guarantee the enhanced safety of complex systems and their cost-effective operation. There exist many fault diagnosis models that have been developed for classifying various fault types in gearboxes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA blade rub-impact fault is one of the complex and frequently appearing faults in turbines. Due to their nonlinear and nonstationary nature, complex signal analysis techniques, which are expensive in terms of computation time, are required to extract valuable fault information from the vibration signals collected from rotor systems. In this work, a novel method for diagnosing the blade rub-impact faults of different severity levels is proposed.
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November 2021
A rub-impact fault is a complex, nonstationary, and nonlinear fault that occurs in turbines. Extracting features for diagnosing rubbing faults at their early stages requires complex and computationally expensive signal processing approaches that are not always suitable for industrial applications. In this article, a hybrid approach that uses a combination of deep learning and control theory algorithms is introduced for diagnosing rubbing faults of various intensities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficient fault diagnosis of electrical and mechanical anomalies in induction motors (IMs) is challenging but necessary to ensure safety and economical operation in industries. Research has shown that bearing faults are the most frequently occurring faults in IMs. The vibration signals carry rich information about bearing health conditions and are commonly utilized for fault diagnosis in bearings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe complex nature of rubbing faults makes it difficult to use traditional signal analysis methods for feature extraction. Various time-frequency analysis approaches based on signal decomposition, such as empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and ensemble EMD (EEMD), have been widely utilized recently to analyze rub-impact faults. However, traditional EMD suffers from “mode-mixing”, and in both EMD and EEMD the relevance of the extracted components to rubbing processes must be determined.
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