Acoustic fault signal extraction via the line-defect phononic crystals

Rotating machine fault signal extraction becomes increasingly important in practical engineering applications.However,fault signals with low signal-to-noise ratios(SNRs)are difficult to extract,especially at the early stage of fault diagnosis.In this paper,2D line-defect phononic crystals(PCs)consisting of periodic acrylic tubes with slit are proposed for weak signal detection.The defect band,namely,the formed resonance band of line-defect PCs enables the incident acoustic wave at the resonance frequency to be trapped and enhanced at the resonance cavity.The noise can be filtered by the band gap.As a result,fault signals with high SNRs can be obtained for fault feature extraction.The effectiveness of weak harmonic and periodic impulse signal detection via line-defect PCs are investigated in numerical and experimental studies.All the numerical and experimental results indicate that line-defect PCs can be well used for extracting weak harmonic and periodic impulse signals.This work will provide potential for extracting weak signals in many practical engineering applications.