In this paper,we present an alternative technique for detecting changes in the operating conditions of rolling element bearings(REBs)that can lead to premature failure.The developed technique is based on measuring the...In this paper,we present an alternative technique for detecting changes in the operating conditions of rolling element bearings(REBs)that can lead to premature failure.The developed technique is based on measuring the kinematics of the bearing cage.The rotational motion of the cage is driven by traction forces generated in the contacts of the rolling elements with the races.It is known that the cage angular frequency relative to shaft angular frequency depends on the bearing load,the bearing speed,and the lubrication condition since these factors determine the lubricant film thickness and the associated traction forces.Since a large percentage of REB failures are due to misalignment or lubrication problems,any evidence of these conditions should be interpreted as an incipient fault.In this paper,a novel method for the measurement of the instantaneous angular speed(IAS)of the cage is developed.The method is evaluated in a deep groove ball bearing test rig equipped with a cage IAS sensor,as well as a custom acoustic emission(AE)transducer and a piezoelectric accelerometer.The IAS of the cage is analyzed under different bearing loads and shaft speeds,showing the dependence of the cage angular speed with the calculated lubricant film thickness.Typical bearing faulty operating conditions(mixed lubrication regime,lubricant depletion,and misalignment)are recreated.It is shown that the cage IAS is dependent on the lubrication regime and is sensitive to misalignment.The AE signal is also used to evaluate the lubrication regime.Experimental results suggest that the proposed technique can be used as a condition monitoring tool in industrial environments to detect abnormal REB conditions that may lead to premature failure.展开更多
As critical components in modern aerospace productions,rolling element bearings(REBs)generally work under varying speed conditions,which brings great challenges to their operating health monitoring.Some novel time–fr...As critical components in modern aerospace productions,rolling element bearings(REBs)generally work under varying speed conditions,which brings great challenges to their operating health monitoring.Some novel time–frequency decomposition(TFD)algorithms are established recently to extract nonlinear features from the non-stationary signals effectively,which are promising for realizing fault diagnosis of REBs under varying speed conditions.However,numerous personal experiences must be incorporated and the anti-noise performance of these methods needs to be further enhanced.Given these issues,a synchronous chirp mode extraction(SCME)-based REB fault diagnosis method is proposed for the health monitoring of REBs under varying speed conditions in this study.It mainly consists of following two parts.(a)The shaft rotational frequency(SRF)is initially estimated from the low-frequency band of the vibration signal.Simultaneously,an adaptive refining strategy is incorporated to obtain a suitable bandwidth parameter.(b)A cycle-one-step estimation frame is constructed to extract synchronous modes from the envelope waveform of the vibration signal.Meanwhile,a synchronous mode spectrum(SMS)is generated using the information of the extracted synchronous modes,which is a novel REBs fault diagnosis technique with tacholess and resampling-free.In contrast to the current TFD algorithms,the proposed method needs fewer input parameters and owns a well anti-noise performance because there is no iterative optimization in the procedure of construction of SMS.As a result,the health conditions of REBs are evaluated by detecting the exhibited features in the SMS.Simulations and experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of REB fault diagnosis.Analysis results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the current TFD algorithm and the conventional order tracking technique for fault diagnosis of REB under varying speed conditions.展开更多
振动信号分析是轴承故障诊断中的重要技术手段之一。变转速工况下的滚动轴承振动信号是典型的非平稳信号,并且在转频变化较小的工况中还存在噪声干扰的问题,使传统的时频分析技术难以应用。为解决该问题,提出了一种基于经验最优包络(emp...振动信号分析是轴承故障诊断中的重要技术手段之一。变转速工况下的滚动轴承振动信号是典型的非平稳信号,并且在转频变化较小的工况中还存在噪声干扰的问题,使传统的时频分析技术难以应用。为解决该问题,提出了一种基于经验最优包络(empirical optimal envelope,EOE)的局部均值分解(local mean decomposition,LMD)和采用分段线性插值的计算阶次跟踪(computing order tracking,COT)算法相结合的故障诊断方法。首先,确定低通滤波器的截止频率和滤波阶数,对滚动轴承振动信号进行滤波,并对滤波后的包络信号进行COT,以获得角域平稳信号。然后,利用EOE_LMD对重采样后的平稳信号进行处理,得到若干乘积函数(product function,PF)分量。最后,通过计算各分量的信息熵和相关系数,选取合适的分量进行阶次分析,以判断变转速滚动轴承的故障类型。结果表明,该方法可以消除转速波动对故障特征提取的影响,在不同转速变化条件下对滚动轴承具有良好的故障诊断能力。展开更多
文摘In this paper,we present an alternative technique for detecting changes in the operating conditions of rolling element bearings(REBs)that can lead to premature failure.The developed technique is based on measuring the kinematics of the bearing cage.The rotational motion of the cage is driven by traction forces generated in the contacts of the rolling elements with the races.It is known that the cage angular frequency relative to shaft angular frequency depends on the bearing load,the bearing speed,and the lubrication condition since these factors determine the lubricant film thickness and the associated traction forces.Since a large percentage of REB failures are due to misalignment or lubrication problems,any evidence of these conditions should be interpreted as an incipient fault.In this paper,a novel method for the measurement of the instantaneous angular speed(IAS)of the cage is developed.The method is evaluated in a deep groove ball bearing test rig equipped with a cage IAS sensor,as well as a custom acoustic emission(AE)transducer and a piezoelectric accelerometer.The IAS of the cage is analyzed under different bearing loads and shaft speeds,showing the dependence of the cage angular speed with the calculated lubricant film thickness.Typical bearing faulty operating conditions(mixed lubrication regime,lubricant depletion,and misalignment)are recreated.It is shown that the cage IAS is dependent on the lubrication regime and is sensitive to misalignment.The AE signal is also used to evaluate the lubrication regime.Experimental results suggest that the proposed technique can be used as a condition monitoring tool in industrial environments to detect abnormal REB conditions that may lead to premature failure.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51705349,51875376,51875375)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2019T120456)+4 种基金the National Key ResearchDevelopment Program of China(No.2018YFB2003303)the Natural Science Foundation for CollegesUniversities in Jiangsu Province(No.20KJB460006)Open Research Fund Program of Beijing Key Laboratory of Performance Guarantee on Urban Rail Transit Vehicles.The authors also would like to thank the Lab E026 in University of Ottawa for data collection.
文摘As critical components in modern aerospace productions,rolling element bearings(REBs)generally work under varying speed conditions,which brings great challenges to their operating health monitoring.Some novel time–frequency decomposition(TFD)algorithms are established recently to extract nonlinear features from the non-stationary signals effectively,which are promising for realizing fault diagnosis of REBs under varying speed conditions.However,numerous personal experiences must be incorporated and the anti-noise performance of these methods needs to be further enhanced.Given these issues,a synchronous chirp mode extraction(SCME)-based REB fault diagnosis method is proposed for the health monitoring of REBs under varying speed conditions in this study.It mainly consists of following two parts.(a)The shaft rotational frequency(SRF)is initially estimated from the low-frequency band of the vibration signal.Simultaneously,an adaptive refining strategy is incorporated to obtain a suitable bandwidth parameter.(b)A cycle-one-step estimation frame is constructed to extract synchronous modes from the envelope waveform of the vibration signal.Meanwhile,a synchronous mode spectrum(SMS)is generated using the information of the extracted synchronous modes,which is a novel REBs fault diagnosis technique with tacholess and resampling-free.In contrast to the current TFD algorithms,the proposed method needs fewer input parameters and owns a well anti-noise performance because there is no iterative optimization in the procedure of construction of SMS.As a result,the health conditions of REBs are evaluated by detecting the exhibited features in the SMS.Simulations and experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of REB fault diagnosis.Analysis results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the current TFD algorithm and the conventional order tracking technique for fault diagnosis of REB under varying speed conditions.
文摘振动信号分析是轴承故障诊断中的重要技术手段之一。变转速工况下的滚动轴承振动信号是典型的非平稳信号,并且在转频变化较小的工况中还存在噪声干扰的问题,使传统的时频分析技术难以应用。为解决该问题,提出了一种基于经验最优包络(empirical optimal envelope,EOE)的局部均值分解(local mean decomposition,LMD)和采用分段线性插值的计算阶次跟踪(computing order tracking,COT)算法相结合的故障诊断方法。首先,确定低通滤波器的截止频率和滤波阶数,对滚动轴承振动信号进行滤波,并对滤波后的包络信号进行COT,以获得角域平稳信号。然后,利用EOE_LMD对重采样后的平稳信号进行处理,得到若干乘积函数(product function,PF)分量。最后,通过计算各分量的信息熵和相关系数,选取合适的分量进行阶次分析,以判断变转速滚动轴承的故障类型。结果表明,该方法可以消除转速波动对故障特征提取的影响,在不同转速变化条件下对滚动轴承具有良好的故障诊断能力。
