Current-Aided Time-Frequency Analysis of Vibration Signals for Gearbox Fault Diagnosis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaotong Tu ◽  
Yue Hu ◽  
Fucai Li
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Vibration Monitoring ◽  
Current Signal ◽  
Reliable Technique ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Planetary Gearbox ◽  
Time Frequency

Vibration monitoring is an effective method for mechanical fault diagnosis. Wind turbines usually operated under varying-speed condition. Time-frequency analysis (TFA) is a reliable technique to handle such kind of nonstationary signal. In this paper, a new scheme, called current-aided TFA, is proposed to diagnose the planetary gearbox. This new technique acquires necessary information required by TFA from a current signal. The current signal is firstly used to estimate the rotating speed of the shaft. These parameters are applied to the demodulation transform to obtain a rough time-frequency distribution (TFD). Finally, the synchrosqueezing method further enhances the concentration of the obtained TFD. The validation and application of the proposed method are presented by a simulated signal and a vibration signal captured from a test rig.

A Time-Frequency Analysis Approach Based on Plane Partition for Fault Diagnosis of the Planetary Gearbox Under Nonstationary Conditions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Hu ◽  
Xiaotong Tu ◽  
Fucai Li
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Planetary Gearbox ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Repair Costs ◽  
Important Research Topic ◽  
Planet Gear ◽  
Nonstationary Conditions

The planetary gearbox is one of the key components in the rotating machinery. The planetary gearbox is prone to malfunction, which increases downtime and repair costs. Hence, the fault diagnosis of the planetary gearbox is an important research topic. The acquired signal from the planetary gearbox exhibit strongly time-variant and nonstationary features since the planetary gearbox usually works at time-varying speeds. In this study, a new time-frequency analysis method is proposed. This method takes the spectrum shape into account and partitions the time-frequency into several components. Then the fault feature of the planetary gearbox is detected by analyzing the decomposed components. The simulated signal and the experimental signals under nonstationary conditions are analyzed to verify the effectiveness the proposed method. Results show that the proposed method can efficiently extract the fault feature of the planet gear.

scholarly journals A Fast Three-Dimensional Display Method for Time-Frequency Spectrogram Used in Embedded Fault Diagnosis Devices

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Wang ◽  
Chengdong Wang ◽  
Yong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Surface Generation ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mesh Surface ◽  
General Computer

Time-frequency analysis is usually used to reveal the appearance of different frequency components varying with time, in signals, of which time-frequency spectrogram is an important visual tool to display the information. The Mesh Surface Generation (MSG) algorithm is widely used in three-dimensional (3D) modeling. Removing hidden lines from the mesh plot is an essential process that produces explicit depth information. In this paper, a fast and effective method has been proposed for a time-frequency Spectrogram Mesh Surface Generation (SMSG) display, especially, based on the painter’s algorithm. In addition, most portable fault diagnosis devices have little function to generate a 3D spectrogram, which generally needs a general computer to realize the complex time-frequency analysis algorithms and a 3D display. However, general computer is not portable and then not suitable for field test. Hence, the proposed SMSG algorithm is applied to an embedded fault diagnosis device, which is light, low-cost, and real-time. The experimental results show that this approach can realize a high degree of accuracy and save considerable time.

Blasting Vibration Signals Time-Frequency Analysis Based on S-Transform

2012 ◽  
Vol 588-589 ◽  
pp. 2013-2017
Author(s):  
Dong Tao Li ◽  
Jing Long Yan ◽  
Le Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Transformation Method ◽  
Blasting Vibration ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
S Transform ◽  
Vibration Wave

Introduced the theory of S-transform, designed simulation experiment and the frequency components distribution versus time was, verified that the S-transformation method is suitable for blasting vibration signal time-frequency analyzed. Applied it to the time-frequency analysis of measured blasting vibration signals at situ, the results show that S-transform has excellent time-frequency representation ability and higher resolution, reveals the detail information of blasting vibration wave changing with time and frequency, and provides a new way for blasting vibration research. Determined the desired delay intervals through comparing the energy of signal and the time duration of the waveform at characteristic frequency between two-hole blasting vibration signals with different delay intervals.

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