Research on Instantaneous Angular Speed Signal Separation Method for Planetary Gear Fault Diagnosis

Planetary gear train is a critical transmission component in large equipment such as helicopters and wind turbines. Conducting damage perception of planetary gear trains is of great significance for the safe operation of equipment. Existing methods for damage perception of planetary gear trains mainly rely on linear vibration analysis. However, these methods based on linear vibration signal analysis face challenges such as rich vibration sources, complex signal coupling and modulation mechanisms, significant influence of transmission paths, and difficulties in separating damage information. This paper proposes a method for separating instantaneous angular speed (IAS) signals for planetary gear fault diagnosis. Firstly, this method obtains encoder pulse signals through a built-in encoder. Based on this, it calculates the IAS signals using the Hilbert transform, and obtains the time-domain synchronous average signal of the IAS of the planetary gear through time-domain synchronous averaging technology, thus realizing the fault diagnosis of the planetary gear train. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the calculated IAS signals, demonstrating that the time-domain synchronous averaging technology can highlight impact characteristics, effectively separate and extract fault impacts, greatly reduce the testing cost of experiments, and provide an effective tool for the fault diagnosis of planetary gear trains.

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.

Analysis and Simulation for Planetary Gear Fault of Helicopter Based on Vibration Signal

Fault diagnosis for helicopter's main gearbox based on vibration signals by experiments always requires high costs. To solve this problem,a helicopter's planetary gear system is taken as an example. Firstly,a simulation model is established by McFadden,and analyzed under ideal condition. Then this model is developed and improved as the delay-time model of the vibration signal which determines the phase-change of sidebands when the system is running. The cause and change-rules of planetary gear system's vibration signal are analyzed to establish the fault diagnosis model.At the same time,the vibration signal of fault condition is simulated and analyzed. This simulation method can provide a reference for fault monitoring and diagnosis for planetary gear system.

Single Phase-to-Ground Fault Line Identification and Section Location Method for Non-Effectively Grounded Distribution Systems Based on Signal Injection

A diagnostic signal current trace detecting based single phase-to-ground fault line identifica- tion and section location method for non-effectively grounded distribution systems is presented in this paper.A special diagnostic signal current is injected into the fault distribution system,and then it is detected at the outlet terminals to identify the fault line and at the sectionalizing or branching point along the fault line to locate the fault section.The method has been put into application in actual distribution network and field experience shows that it can identify the fault line and locate the fault section correctly and effectively.

Measuring the Qatar-Kazeron Fault Dip Using Random Finite Fault Simulation of September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake and Analytical Signal Map of Satellite Magnetic Data

In this research the fault parameters causing the September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake with a magnitude of MW = 5.8 (BHRC) were determined using the random finite fault method. The parameters were recorded by 27 accelerometer stations. Simulation of strong ground motion is very useful for areas about which little information and data are available. Considering the distribution of earthquake records and the existing relationships, for the fault plane causing the September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake the length of the fault along the strike direction and the width of the fault along the dip direction were determined to be 10 km and 7 km, respectively. Moreover, 10 elements were assumed along the length and 7 were assumed along the width of the plane. Research results indicated that the epicenter of the earthquake had a geographic coordination of 29.88N - 51.77E, which complied with the results reported by the Institute of Geophysics Tehran University (IGTU). In addition, the strike and dip measured for the fault causing the Kazeron Earthquake were 27 and 50 degrees, respectively. Therefore, the causing fault was almost parallel to and coincident with the fault. There are magnetic discontinuities on the analytical signal map with a north-south strike followed by a northwest-southeast strike. The discontinuities are consistent with the trend of Kazeron fault but are several kilometers away from it. Therefore, they show the fault depth at a distance of 12 km from the fault surface.

Assessment of the Relationship between ESR Signal Intensity and Grain Size Distribution in Shear Zones within the Atotsugawa Fault System, Central Japan

For the first time, a relationship between ESR signal intensity and grain size distribution (sieve technique) in shear zones within the Atotsugawa fault system have been investigated using fault core rocks. The grain size distributions were estimated using the sieve technique and microscopic observations. Stacks of sieves with openings that decrease consecutively in the order of 4.75 mm, 1.18 mm, 600 μm, 300 μm, 150 μm and 75 μm were chosen for this study. Grain size distributions analysis revealed that samples further from the slip plane have larger d50 (average gain size) (0.45 mm at a distance of 30 - 50 mm from the slip plane) while those close to the slip plane have smaller d50 values (0.19 mm at a distance of 0 - 10 mm from the slip plane). This is due to intensive crushing that is always associated with large displacement during fault activities. However, this pattern was not respected in all shear zones in that, larger d50 values were instead observed in samples close to the slip plane due to admixture of fault rocks from different fault activities. Results from ESR analysis revealed that the relatively finer samples close to the slip plane have low ESR signals intensity while those further away (coarser) have relatively higher signal intensity. This tendency however, is not consistence in some of the shear zones due to a complex network of anatomizing faults. The variation in grain size distribution within some of the shear zones implies that, a series of fault events have taken place in the past thus underscoring the need for further investigation of the possibility of reoccurrence of faults.

Gearbox Fault Diagnosis using Adaptive Zero Phase Time-varying Filter Based on Multi-scale Chirplet Sparse Signal Decomposition

When used for separating multi-component non-stationary signals, the adaptive time-varying filter(ATF) based on multi-scale chirplet sparse signal decomposition(MCSSD) generates phase shift and signal distortion. To overcome this drawback, the zero phase filter is introduced to the mentioned filter, and a fault diagnosis method for speed-changing gearbox is proposed. Firstly, the gear meshing frequency of each gearbox is estimated by chirplet path pursuit. Then, according to the estimated gear meshing frequencies, an adaptive zero phase time-varying filter(AZPTF) is designed to filter the original signal. Finally, the basis for fault diagnosis is acquired by the envelope order analysis to the filtered signal. The signal consisting of two time-varying amplitude modulation and frequency modulation(AM-FM) signals is respectively analyzed by ATF and AZPTF based on MCSSD. The simulation results show the variances between the original signals and the filtered signals yielded by AZPTF based on MCSSD are 13.67 and 41.14, which are far less than variances (323.45 and 482.86) between the original signals and the filtered signals obtained by ATF based on MCSSD. The experiment results on the vibration signals of gearboxes indicate that the vibration signals of the two speed-changing gearboxes installed on one foundation bed can be separated by AZPTF effectively. Based on the demodulation information of the vibration signal of each gearbox, the fault diagnosis can be implemented. Both simulation and experiment examples prove that the proposed filter can extract a mono-component time-varying AM-FM signal from the multi-component time-varying AM-FM signal without distortion.

Analogue and Mixed-Signal Production Test Speed-Up by Means of Fault List Compression

Accurate test effectiveness estimation for analogue and mixed-signal Systems on a Chip (SoCs) is currently prohibitive in the design environment. One of the factors that sky rockets fault simulation costs is the number of structural faults which need to be simulated at circuit-level. The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel fault list compression technique by defining a stratified fault list, build with a set of “representative” faults, one per stratum. Criteria to partition the fault list in strata, and to identify representative faults are presented and discussed. A fault representativeness metric is proposed, based on an error probability. The proposed methodology allows different tradeoffs between fault list compression and fault representation accuracy. These tradeoffs may be optimized for each test preparation phase. The fault representativeness vs. fault list compression tradeoff is evaluated with an industrial case study—a DC-DC (switched buck converter). Although the methodology is presented in this paper using a very simple fault model, it may be easily extended to be used with more elaborate fault models. The proposed technique is a significant contribution to make mixed-signal fault simulation cost-effective as part of the production test preparation.

基于稀疏编码的复杂机械振动信号盲分离方法

复杂机械振动信号激励源较多,故源信号之间互为相关源,且较难满足统计独立特性,导致传统盲源分离方法分离效果不佳。对此,提出一种基于信号稀疏编码的机械振动信号盲分离方法。盲源分离的关键在于对混合矩阵的精确估计,然而机械振源中相关成分的存在严重影响混合矩阵的估计。对此,首先对观测信号进行短时傅里叶变换,增加信号稀疏性;然后利用稀疏编码筛选出具备直线聚类特性的时频观测点,利用K均值(K-means)聚类法找到聚类中心;最后利用所提筛选规则找到估计的混合矩阵,重构出源信号。通过对往复压缩机故障数据的分析,验证了所提方法有效性。

少量样本下基于PCA-BNs的多故障诊断

针对一些工业设备因有标签故障样本数据少而导致诊断准确率低的问题,提出了一种PCA-BNs主成分分析和斯网络(principal component analysis-Bayesian networks, PCA-BNs)结合的多故障网络模型的建模方法。通过PCA对时序信号进行降维,得到相互独立的故障特征,提高提取故障关键信息的能力;利用融合单故障贝叶斯网络构建多故障贝叶斯网络结构的方法,解决BN建模过程耗时的问题;通过高斯分布与极大似然估计结合的方法确定网络参数,提高少量数据BN建模的精度,实现在少量样本下的故障诊断。试验结果表明,基于PCA-BNs的故障诊断方法在少量样本条件下,能实现高精度的故障诊断,并且有效缩减了算法运行时间。

Adaptive Variational Mode Decomposition for Bearing Fault Detection

Rolling element bearings are commonly used in rotary mechanical and electrical equipment. According to investigation, more than half of rotating machinery defects are related to bearing faults. However, reliable bearing fault detection still remains a challenging task, especially in industrial applications. The objective of this work is to propose an adaptive variational mode decomposition (AVMD) technique for non-stationary signal analysis and bearing fault detection. The AVMD includes several steps in processing: 1) Signal characteristics are analyzed to determine the signal center frequency and the related parameters. 2) The ensemble-kurtosis index is suggested to decompose the target signal and select the most representative intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). 3) The envelope spectrum analysis is performed using the selected IMFs to identify the characteristic features for bearing fault detection. The effectiveness of the proposed AVMD technique is examined by experimental tests under different bearing conditions, with the comparison of other related bearing fault techniques.

基于正弦同源-概率空间协同互补的涌流闭锁方案

为了取消正弦相似性原理中的最小二乘法等中间环节,获得直接固定标准正弦波形所需要的能量信息。借鉴时域概率分布的方法论,从优势互补的角度出发,设计了一种基于Wasserstein距离算法的变压器励磁涌流闭锁方案。该方案采用特征离散化的方式,提取目标对象和模板信号并转化为状态向量作为样本标签,以此来判别两者之间的能量分布差异,从而达到正弦场景同源识别的效果。理论分析与仿真结果表明,该方法实现简便,不需要频域计算。相比于现有正弦相似性原理,降低了保护流程的复杂程度,具有更强的实际应用价值和速动性能。通过PSCAD/MATLAB平台对现场合闸的录波数据进行测试分析,验证了所提方案对促进变压器保护性能的积极意义。

机械设备电气故障自动检测系统优化设计

当前系统不能有效消除干扰信号,数据采集精度低,影响机械设备电气故障诊断,为此设计一种新的机械设备电气故障自动检测系统。采集电气故障检测数据,提取电气故障特征,根据特征判断机械设备的电气故障原因,计算纠正参数完善电气故障检测结果,线性处理电压检测曲线,完成机械设备电气故障检测。测试结果验证,所提系统能够有效消除干扰信号,保证整体功能运行稳定,相对于对比系统,响应时间更短,数据采集精度得到明显改善。

基于CNN-LSTM的钻井泵液力端故障诊断方法研究

钻井泵液力端工作环境复杂,容易发生故障,传统故障诊断方法难以满足钻井现场需求。针对五缸式钻井泵,开展了基于深度神经网络的钻井泵液力端故障诊断研究,设计了CNN-LSTM故障诊断模型结构,研究了LSTM对故障诊断模型性能影响。结果表明,提出的CNN-LSTM模型实现了钻井泵液力端多种工况下9类故障快速准确诊断,通过引入LSTM结构,将故障诊断准确率提升了7.85%,达到了97.67%。因此提出的CNN-LSTM故障诊断模型可为钻井现场提供一种高效准确的钻井泵液力端故障诊断方法。

针对冲击性故障信号的谱融合特征提取算法

利用盲解卷积方法在时域中进行故障信号特征提取时,常会出现多个信号混淆分离结果,但以往的研究中只强调了分离的部分,而很少对分离后的信号进行进一步的处理,给实际应用造成不便。这里在盲解卷积和谱融合的基础之上,使用核改进的模糊c均值聚类算法,针对机械故障信号的脉冲特性,提出一种针对冲击性故障信号处理的实用型算法。计算机仿真实验证实了该算法的有效性。此算法优化了以往的聚类筛选方法,可以有效排除反卷积后诸多无用信号的干扰,将故障脉冲信号的特征准确提取出来,能提高故障诊断的效率。

Research on Feature Extraction Method for Low-Speed Reciprocating Bearings Based on Segmented Short Signal Modulation Signal Bispectrum Slicing

Bearing condition monitoring and fault diagnosis (CMFD) can investigate bearing faults in the early stages, preventing the subsequent impacts of machine bearing failures effectively. CMFD for low-speed, non-continuous operation bearings, such as yaw bearings and pitch bearings in wind turbines, and rotating support bearings in space launch towers, presents more challenges compared to continuous rolling bearings. Firstly, these bearings have very slow speeds, resulting in weak collected fault signals that are heavily masked by severe noise interference. Secondly, their limited rotational angles during operation lead to a restricted number of fault signals. Lastly, the interference from deceleration and direction-changing impact signals significantly affects fault impact signals. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a method for extracting fault features in low-speed reciprocating bearings based on short signal segmentation and modulation signal bispectrum (MSB) slicing. This method initially separates short signals corresponding to individual cycles from the vibration signals based on encoder signals. Subsequently, MSB analysis is performed on each short signal to generate MSB carrier-slice spectra. The optimal carrier frequency and its corresponding modulation signal slice spectrum are determined based on the carrier-slice spectra. Finally, the MSB modulation signal slice spectra of the short signal set are averaged to obtain the overall average feature of the sliced spectra.

基于声振融合的二次EWT-CNN刀具磨损监测

为了实现加工过程中对刀具磨损状态的监测,提出一种基于协同过滤融合的方法。首先,对工作刀具振动信号和声音信号进行特征相关性分析后进行数据层融合;然后,将得到的声振融合信号进行二次经验小波变换(EWT)后去噪重构;最后,将重构信号进行信号增强并送入CNN实现特征提取及刀具故障识别。通过对不同故障类型的麻花钻头进行故障识别实验,在声音、振动以及声振融合信号和不同信号去噪重构方法的对比下,该方法对不同故障类型的钻头作出了98.96%的高识别率。验证了所提方法在刀具故障识别方面的优越性。

傅里叶分解和调制信号双谱的滚动轴承故障诊断

在噪声干扰较强的环境下,为了克服傅里叶分解方法(Fourier Decomposition Method,FDM)在分析调制信号及单独使用调制信号双谱(Modulated Signal Bispectrum,MSB)在分析非平稳信号方面的不足,提出了一种FDM和MSB相结合的滚动轴承故障诊断方法。首先,使用FDM按照高频到低频的方式搜寻傅里叶固有模态函数分量(Fourier Intrinsic band Functions,FIBFs);以加权峭度指标作为评判标准,对信号进行重构,确保得到最佳的信号;然后对新的信号利用MSB分析方法进行解调处理,最终通过复合切片谱实现故障特征频率的提取。最后,通过上述方法对模拟信号和滚动轴承外圈故障信号进行分析,其研究结果表明:该方法能够有效地提取故障特征频率,并且与常规双谱进行对比,验证所提方法的优越性。

基于改进残差网络的风电轴承故障迁移诊断方法

针对风电轴承故障源域数据和目标域数据特征分布不同而导致的故障诊断精度偏低问题,提出一种利用改进残差神经网络进行风电轴承故障迁移诊断的方法。该方法将卷积核和池化核设定为与一维振动信号卷积运算相适应的尺寸,从振动信号直接提取轴承的故障特征;在一维残差网络中同时使用批量归一化和实例归一化,进一步增强模型的特征提取能力;在模型训练阶段,通过源域数据和目标域数据的多核最大均值差异构建新的损失函数,以提高模型在不同分布数据集上的迁移学习及分类能力。利用故障轴承实验数据对方法的有效性进行验证,结果显示,即使受到轴承变转速运行工况和故障振动信号含噪声干扰成分的双重影响,该方法仍然可提取出轴承故障的重要特征,并实现不同工况轴承故障的迁移诊断和准确分类,这对于发展复杂环境下的旋转机械智能故障诊断技术具有参考价值。

传感器信息融合下新能源汽车动力电池信号故障检测方法

新能源汽车作为节能环保的新产品具有较好社会前景,内在的动力电池是新能源汽车的主动力源,但电池发动机是一个较为复杂的系统,在处于恶劣环境时,可能出现各种故障问题。新能源汽车的动力电池若发生故障,不但会使汽车的系统性能下降,还会造成灾难性的后果,为此,研究传感器信息融合下新能源汽车动力电池信号故障检测方法。通过一致性定律整理电池系统传感器数据,在近似概率和频率中估算新能源汽车动力电池信号;选择熵权重法理论对数据信号进行区分,以时刻内单体电压作为评价指标,在预处理后构建判断信号故障矩阵;通过故障判断矩阵确定异常信号,在传感器信息融合算法下修订权值,以最大误差范围检测信号输出,检测新能源汽车动力电池信号故障,完成检测方法设计。实验以四组不同类型的新能源汽车作为测试对象,对其动力电池的运动工况进行信号模拟,在不同的接口处获取故障电压信号并完成检测测试,设计的电池信号故障检测方法能够实现精准的故障信号跟踪,完成较为精准的故障信号检测,具有一定的应用价值。