scholarly journals Ultrasonic Inspection of Localized Defects in Low-Porosity CFRP

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Feng ◽  
Xiaojun Zhou ◽  
Xiang Zeng ◽  
Chenlong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Noise ◽  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Signal Model ◽  
Cfrp Laminate ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Localized Defects ◽  
Stockwell Transform

A preliminary backscattered signal model of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminate was established. The backscattered signal model was composed of three sub models, which were concerned with structural signal, scattering signal, and non-acoustic noise. Resonance in structural signal and echoes excited by defects (porosity and rich-resin) were studied. The results showed that: resonance would occur when there was sufficient bandwidth; when the CFRP laminate contained voids, the center frequency of the backscattered signal decreased; and the localized defects, including rich-resin and localized porosity, tended to generate apparent echoes where they located. A simplified backscattered signal model was subsequently put forward, showing certain potential in revealing time-frequency properties of backscattered signals. The newly proposed variational mode decomposition was used for defect modes extraction, successfully avoiding the mode mixing and false modes which easily exist in empirical mode decomposition. Subsequently, the generalized Stockwell transform was adopted for the defects localization. The simulation and experiment denoted the coincidence between the backscattered signal model and the experimental signal, and showed the effectiveness of variational mode decomposition and generalized Stockwell transform in localized defects detection.

scholarly journals Research on an Adaptive Variational Mode Decomposition with Double Thresholds for Feature Extraction

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Deng ◽  
Hailong Liu ◽  
Shengjie Zhang ◽  
Haodong Liu ◽  
Huimin Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Frequency Doubling ◽  
Mode Number ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Motor Bearing

A motor bearing system is a nonlinear dynamics system with nonlinear support stiffness. It is an asymmetry system, which plays an extremely important role in rotating machinery. In this paper, a center frequency method of double thresholds is proposed to improve the variational mode decomposition (VMD) method, then an adaptive VMD (called DTCFVMD) method is obtained to extract the fault feature. In the DTCFVMD method, a center frequency method of double thresholds is a symmetry method, which is used to determine the decomposed mode number of VMD according to the power spectrum of the signal. The proposed DTCFVMD method is used to decompose the nonlinear and non-stationary vibration signals of motor bearing in order to obtain a series of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) under different scales. Then, the Hilbert transform is used to analyze the envelope of each mode component and calculate the power spectrum of each mode component. Finally, the power spectrum is used to extract the fault feature frequency for determining the fault type of the motor bearing. To test and verify the effectiveness of the DTCFVMD method, the actual fault vibration signal of the motor bearing is selected in here. The experimental results show that the center frequency method of double thresholds can effectively determine the mode number of the VMD method, and the proposed DTCFVMD method can accurately extract the clear time frequency characteristics of each mode component, and obtain the fault characteristics of characteristics; frequency, rotating frequency, and frequency doubling and so on.

Depositional sequence characterization based on seismic variational mode decomposition

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. SE97-SE106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangyu Li ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Rui Zhai ◽  
Huailai Zhou ◽  
Kurt J. Marfurt
Keyword(s):  
Center Frequency ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Depositional Sequence ◽  
Sequence Characterization ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Data Adaptive ◽  
Band Limited ◽  
Sequence Boundaries

Subtle variations in otherwise similar seismic data can be highlighted in specific spectral components. Our goal is to highlight repetitive sequence boundaries to help define the depositional environment, which in turn provides an interpretation framework. Variational mode decomposition (VMD) is a novel data-driven signal decomposition method that provides several useful features compared with the commonly used time-frequency analysis. Rather than using predefined spectral bands, the VMD method adaptively decomposes a signal into an ensemble of band-limited intrinsic mode functions, each with its own center frequency. Because it is data adaptive, modes can vary rapidly between neighboring traces. We address this shortcoming of previous work by constructing a laterally consistent VMD method that preserves lateral continuity, facilitating the extraction of subtle depositional patterns. We validate the accuracy of our method using a synthetic depositional cycle example, and then we apply it to identify seismic sequence stratigraphy boundaries for a survey acquired in the Dutch sector, North Sea.

An optimized variational mode extraction method for rolling bearing fault diagnosis

2021 ◽  
pp. 147592172110066
Author(s):  
Bin Pang ◽  
Mojtaba Nazari ◽  
Zhenduo Sun ◽  
Jiaying Li ◽  
Guiji Tang
Keyword(s):  
Extraction Method ◽  
Fitness Function ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Initial Guess ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Mode Extraction

The fault feature signal of rolling bearing can be characterized as the narrow-band signal with a specific resonance frequency. Therefore, resonance demodulation analysis is a powerful damage detection technique of bearings. In addition to the fault feature signal, the measured vibration signals carry various interference components, and these interference components become a serious obstacle of fault feature extraction. Variational mode extraction is a novel signal analysis method designed to retrieve a specific signal component from the composite signal. Variational mode extraction is founded on a similar basis as variational mode decomposition, while it shows better accuracy and higher efficiency compared with variational mode decomposition. In this study, variational mode extraction is introduced to the resonance demodulation analysis of bearing fault. As the results of variational mode extraction analysis are greatly influenced by the choice of two parameters, that is, the balancing factor α and the initial guess of center frequency ωd, an optimized variational mode extraction method is further developed. First, a new fault information evaluation index for measuring the richness of fault characteristics of the signal, termed ensemble impulsiveness and cyclostationarity, is formulated. Second, the ensemble impulsiveness and cyclostationarity is used as the fitness function of particle swarm optimization to automatically determine the optimal values of α and ωd. Finally, the validity of optimized variational mode extraction method is verified by simulated and experimental analysis, and the superiority of optimized variational mode extraction method is highlighted through comparison with two other advanced resonance demodulation analysis approaches, that is, the improved kurtogram and infogram. The analysis results indicate that optimized variational mode extraction method has a powerful capability of resonance demodulation analysis.

White noise attenuation of seismic trace by integrating variational mode decomposition with convolutional neural network

Geophysics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. V307-V317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Wu ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Tengfei Lin ◽  
Fangyu Li ◽  
Naihao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
White Noise ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Prior Information ◽  
Training Procedure ◽  
Noise Attenuation ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition

Seismic noise attenuation is an important step in seismic data processing. Most noise attenuation algorithms are based on the analysis of time-frequency characteristics of the seismic data and noise. We have aimed to attenuate white noise of seismic data using the convolutional neural network (CNN). Traditional CNN-based noise attenuation algorithms need prior information (the “clean” seismic data or the noise contained in the seismic) in the training process. However, it is difficult to obtain such prior information in practice. We assume that the white noise contained in the seismic data can be simulated by a sufficient number of user-generated white noise realizations. We then attenuate the seismic white noise using the modified denoising CNN (MDnCNN). The MDnCNN does not need prior clean seismic data nor pure noise in the training procedure. To accurately and efficiently learn the features of seismic data and band-limited noise at different frequency bandwidths, we first decomposed the seismic data into several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) using variational mode decomposition and then apply our denoising process to the IMFs. We use synthetic and field data examples to illustrate the robustness and superiority of our method over the traditional methods. The experiments demonstrate that our method can not only attenuate most of the white noise but it also rejects the migration artifacts.

scholarly journals Research on Multi-Domain Fault Diagnosis of Gearbox of Wind Turbine Based on Adaptive Variational Mode Decomposition and Extreme Learning Machine Algorithms

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Bangji Fan ◽  
Rong Jia ◽  
Fang Zhai ◽  
Liang Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Extreme Learning Machine ◽  
Grey Wolf Optimizer ◽  
Mechanical Equipment ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Fault Features ◽  
Frequency Domains ◽  
Learning Machine

Since variational mode decomposition (VMD) was proposed, it has been widely used in condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of mechanical equipment. However, the parameters K and α in the VMD algorithm need to be set before decomposition, which causes VMD to be unable to decompose adaptively and obtain the best result for signal decomposition. Therefore, this paper optimizes the VMD algorithm. On this basis, this paper also proposes a method of multi-domain feature extraction of signals and combines an extreme learning machine (ELM) to realize comprehensive and accurate fault diagnosis. First, VMD is optimized according to the improved grey wolf optimizer; second, the feature vectors of the time, frequency, and time-frequency domains are calculated, which are synthesized after dimensionality reduction; ultimately, the synthesized vectors are input into the ELM for training and classification. The experimental results show that the proposed method can decompose the signal adaptively, which produces the best decomposition parameters and results. Moreover, this method can extract the fault features of the signal more completely to realize accurate fault identification.

scholarly journals The Data-Driven Optimization Method and Its Application in Feature Extraction of Ship-Radiated Noise with Sample Entropy

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxing Li ◽  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Jing Yu ◽  
Xiaohui Yang ◽  
Huijun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Sample Entropy ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Radiated Noise ◽  
Mode Decomposition

The data-driven method is an important tool in the field of underwater acoustic signal processing. In order to realize the feature extraction of ship-radiated noise (S-RN), we proposed a data-driven optimization method called improved variational mode decomposition (IVMD). IVMD, as an improved method of variational mode decomposition (VMD), solved the problem of choosing decomposition layers for VMD by using a frequency-aided method. Furthermore, a novel method of feature extraction for S-RN, which combines IVMD and sample entropy (SE), is put forward in this paper. In this study, four types of S-RN signals are decomposed into a group of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) by IVMD. Then, SEs of all IMFs are calculated. SEs are different in the maximum energy IMFs (EIMFs), thus, SE of the EIMF is seen as a novel feature for S-RN. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, a comparison has been conducted by comparing features of center frequency and SE of the EIMF by IVMD, empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and ensemble EMD (EEMD). The analysis results show that the feature of S-RN can be obtain efficiently and accurately by using the proposed method.

Applications of variational mode decomposition in seismic time-frequency analysis

Geophysics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. V365-V378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Siyuan Cao ◽  
Yangkang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Decomposition Approach ◽  
Time Frequency Analysis ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Mode Decomposition

We have introduced a novel time-frequency decomposition approach for analyzing seismic data. This method is inspired by the newly developed variational mode decomposition (VMD). The principle of VMD is to look for an ensemble of modes with their respective center frequencies, such that the modes collectively reproduce the input signal and each mode is smooth after demodulation into baseband. The advantage of VMD is that there is no residual noise in the modes and it can further decrease redundant modes compared with the complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) and improved CEEMD (ICEEMD). Moreover, VMD is an adaptive signal decomposition technique, which can nonrecursively decompose a multicomponent signal into several quasi-orthogonal intrinsic mode functions. This new tool, in contrast to empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and its variations, such as EEMD, CEEMD, and ICEEMD, is based on a solid mathematical foundation and can obtain a time-frequency representation that is less sensitive to noise. Two tests on synthetic data showed the effectiveness of our VMD-based time-frequency analysis method. Application on field data showed the potential of the proposed approach in highlighting geologic characteristics and stratigraphic information effectively. All the performances of the VMD-based approach were compared with those from the CEEMD- and ICEEMD-based approaches.

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