Data-driven prognostic scheme for bearings based on a novel health indicator and gated recurrent unit network

Q Ni, JC Ji, K Feng - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The prognosis of bearings is vital for condition-based maintenance of rotating machinery.
This article proposes a systematic prognostic scheme for rolling element bearings. The …

Product envelope spectrum optimization-gram: An enhanced envelope analysis for rolling bearing fault diagnosis

B Chen, W Zhang, JX Gu, D Song, Y Cheng… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The vibration signal of a faulty rolling bearing exhibits typical non-stationarity–often in the
form of cyclostationarity. The spectrum tools often used to characterize cyclostationarity …

[HTML][HTML] Why EMD and similar decompositions are of little benefit for bearing diagnostics

RB Randall, J Antoni - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is a way of decomposing complex signals into a sum
of “mono-components”, ie intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), each of which can be considered …

Adaptive maximum second-order cyclostationarity blind deconvolution and its application for locomotive bearing fault diagnosis

B Zhang, Y Miao, J Lin, Y Yi - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Maximum second-order cyclostationarity blind deconvolution (CYCBD) outperforms other
deconvolution methods in retrieving the weak periodic impulses related to bearing incipient …

IGIgram: An improved Gini index-based envelope analysis for rolling bearing fault diagnosis

B Chen, D Song, Y Cheng, W Zhang… - Journal of dynamics …, 2022 - ojs.istp-press.com
The transient impulse features caused by rolling bearing faults are often present in the
resonance frequency band which is closely related to the dynamic characteristics of the …

Use of cyclostationary properties of vibration signals to identify gear wear mechanisms and track wear evolution

K Feng, WA Smith, P Borghesani, RB Randall… - … Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fatigue pitting and abrasive wear are the most common wear mechanisms in lubricated
gears, and they have different effects on the gear transmission system. To develop effective …

A critical overview of the “Filterbank-Feature-Decision” methodology in machine condition monitoring

J Antoni - Acoustics Australia, 2021 - Springer
The number of research papers dealing with vibration-based condition monitoring has been
exponentially growing in recent decades. As a consequence, one may identify some trends …

Traversal index enhanced-gram (TIEgram): A novel optimal demodulation frequency band selection method for rolling bearing fault diagnosis under non-stationary …

X Wang, J Zheng, Q Ni, H Pan, J Zhang - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is very important to select the optimal demodulation frequency band (ODFB) of rolling
bearing vibration signals for the most valuable fault information extraction and diagnosis …

A novel correntropy-based band selection method for the fault diagnosis of bearings under fault-irrelevant impulsive and cyclostationary interferences

Q Ni, JC Ji, K Feng, B Halkon - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Demodulation analysis is one of the most effective methods for bearing fault diagnosis.
However, in practical applications, the interferences from ambient noises or other rotating …

Weighted envelope spectrum based on the spectral coherence for bearing diagnosis

B Zhang, Y Miao, J Lin, H Li - ISA transactions, 2022 - Elsevier
The key idea behind demodulation analysis for bearing diagnosis is to determine the fault-
induced frequency band and directly detect the potential bearing fault characteristic …