Investigation on Impact Response Feature of Railway Vehicles With Wheel Flat Fault Under Variable Speed Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Jianwei ◽  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Jinhai Wang ◽  
Yongliang Bai ◽  
Chuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Dynamic Features ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Railway Vehicles ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Wheel Flat ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Response Feature

Abstract Wheel faults are the main causes of safety issues in railway vehicles. The modeling and analysis of wheel faults is crucial for determining and studying the dynamic characteristics of railway vehicles under variable speed conditions. Hence, a vehicle–track coupled dynamics model was established for analysis and calculations. The results showed that the dynamic features of the wheel with a flat fault were more pronounced under traction and braking conditions, whereas the variations in the features under coasting conditions were insignificant. In this paper, a short-time fast Fourier transform and reassignment method was used to process the signals, because the results were unclear when the time–frequency graph was processed only by short time Fourier transform, especially under braking conditions. The variation in the fault frequency under variable speed conditions was determined. Finally, statistical indicators were used to describe the vibration behaviors caused by the wheel flat fault.

scholarly journals Strain Sensitivity Enhancement of Broadband Ultrasonic Signals in Plates Using Spectral Phase Filtering

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2582
Author(s):  
Lucas M. Martinho ◽  
Alan C. Kubrusly ◽  
Nicolás Pérez ◽  
Jean Pierre von der Weid
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Guided Waves ◽  
Strain Level ◽  
Energy Concentration ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Frequency Representation ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Sensitivity Gain

The focused signal obtained by the time-reversal or the cross-correlation techniques of ultrasonic guided waves in plates changes when the medium is subject to strain, which can be used to monitor the medium strain level. In this paper, the sensitivity to strain of cross-correlated signals is enhanced by a post-processing filtering procedure aiming to preserve only strain-sensitive spectrum components. Two different strategies were adopted, based on the phase of either the Fourier transform or the short-time Fourier transform. Both use prior knowledge of the system impulse response at some strain level. The technique was evaluated in an aluminum plate, effectively providing up to twice higher sensitivity to strain. The sensitivity increase depends on a phase threshold parameter used in the filtering process. Its performance was assessed based on the sensitivity gain, the loss of energy concentration capability, and the value of the foreknown strain. Signals synthesized with the time–frequency representation, through the short-time Fourier transform, provided a better tradeoff between sensitivity gain and loss of energy concentration.

scholarly journals Ultrasonic Assessment of Thickness and Bonding Quality of Coating Layer Based on Short-Time Fourier Transform and Convolutional Neural Networks

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 909
Author(s):  
Azamatjon Kakhramon ugli Malikov ◽  
Younho Cho ◽  
Young H. Kim ◽  
Jeongnam Kim ◽  
Junpil Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Coating Layer ◽  
Ultrasonic Pulse ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
High Attenuation ◽  
Bonding State ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Short Time

Ultrasonic non-destructive analysis is a promising and effective method for the inspection of protective coating materials. Offshore coating exhibits a high attenuation rate of ultrasonic energy due to the absorption and ultrasonic pulse echo testing becomes difficult due to the small amplitude of the second echo from the back wall of the coating layer. In order to address these problems, an advanced ultrasonic signal analysis has been proposed. An ultrasonic delay line was applied due to the high attenuation of the coating layer. A short-time Fourier transform (STFT) of the waveform was implemented to measure the thickness and state of bonding of coating materials. The thickness of the coating material was estimated by the projection of the STFT into the time-domain. The bonding and debonding of the coating layers were distinguished using the ratio of the STFT magnitude peaks of the two subsequent wave echoes. In addition, the advantage of the STFT-based approach is that it can accurately and quickly estimate the time of flight (TOF) of a signal even at low signal-to-noise ratios. Finally, a convolutional neural network (CNN) was applied to automatically determine the bonding state of the coatings. The time–frequency representation of the waveform was used as the input to the CNN. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method automatically determines the bonding state of the coatings with high accuracy. The present approach is more efficient compared to the method of estimating bonding state using attenuation.

scholarly journals A combined generalized Warblet transform and second order synchroextracting transform for analyzing nonstationary signals of rotating machinery

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wei ◽  
Xuwen Jing ◽  
Bingqiang Li ◽  
Chao Kang ◽  
Zhenhuan Dou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Rotating Machinery ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Stationary Characteristic ◽  
Nonstationary Signals ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Effective Technology ◽  
Short Time

AbstractIn recent years, considerable attention has been paid in time–frequency analysis (TFA) methods, which is an effective technology in processing the vibration signal of rotating machinery. However, TFA techniques are not sufficient to handle signals having a strong non-stationary characteristic. To overcome this drawback, taking short-time Fourier transform as a link, a TFA methods that using the generalized Warblet transform (GWT) in combination with the second order synchroextracting transform (SSET) is proposed in this study. Firstly, based on the GWT and SSET theories, this paper proposes a method combining the two TFA methods to improve the TFA concentration, named GWT–SSET. Secondly, the method is verified numerically with single-component and multi-component signals, respectively. Quantized indicators, Rényi entropy and mean relative error (MRE) are used to analyze the concentration of TFA and accuracy of instantly frequency (IF) estimation, respectively. Finally, the proposed method is applied to analyze nonstationary signals in variable speed. The numerical and experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of the GWT–SSET method.

A Modified S-Transform for EEG Signals Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Al-Manie ◽  
W. J. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Energy Concentration ◽  
Biomedical Data ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Phase Information ◽  
Eeg Signals ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
S Transform ◽  
Short Time

Due to the advantages offered by the S-transform (ST) distribution, it has been recently successfully implemented for various applications such as seismic and image processing. The desirable properties of the ST include a globally referenced phase as the case with the short time Fourier transform (STFT) while offering a higher spectral resolution as the wavelet transform (WT). However, this estimator suffers from some inherent disadvantages seen as poor energy concentration with higher frequencies. In order to improve the performance of the distribution, a modification to the existing technique is proposed. Additional parameters are proposed to control the window's width which can greatly enhance the signal representation in the time–frequency plane. The new estimator's performance is evaluated using synthetic signals as well as biomedical data. The required features of the ST which include invertability and phase information are still preserved.

scholarly journals Monitoring a sudden crack of beam-like bridge during earthquake excitation

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Viet Khoa
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Crack Detection ◽  
Crack Depth ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Wavelet Spectrum ◽  
Cracked Beam ◽  
Earthquake Excitation ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Time Information

This paper presents a wavelet spectrum technique for monitoring a sudden crack of a beam-like bridge structure during earthquake excitation. When there is a sudden crack caused by earthquake excitation the stiffness of the structure is changed leading to a sudden change in natural frequencies during vibration. It is difficult to monitor this sudden change in the frequency using conventional approaches such as Fourier transform because in Fourier transform the time information is lost so that it is impossible to analyse short time events. To overcome this disadvantage, wavelet spectrum, a time-frequency analysis, is used for monitoring a sudden change in frequency duringearthquake excitation for crack detection. In this study, a model of 3D crack is applied. The derivation of the stiffness matrix of a 3D cracked beam element with rectangular section adopted from fracture mechanics is presented. Numerical results showed that the sudden occurrence of the crack during earthquake excitation can be detected by the sudden change in frequency using wavelet power spectrum. When the crack depth increases, the instantaneous frequency (IF) of the structure is decreased.

Variable Speed Estimation for Wheel-Bearings with STFT and BP Neural Network

2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 1112-1115
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhou ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Bao Cheng Gao ◽  
Si Jie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Bp Neural Network ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Speed Estimation ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Instantaneous Frequencies ◽  
Short Time

For the variable speed estimation of wheel-bearings in strong background noise, a novel method with the short-time Fourier transform and BP neural network (STFT-BPNN) is proposed. In the method, it calculates the time-frequency spectrum with STFT technique. Then the instantaneous frequency is estimated by peak detection. Taking the instantaneous frequencies as the input vectors, the BP neural network is trained to fit the discrete instantaneous frequencies. The effectiveness of proposed method is demonstrated by simulation. Experimental results show that proposed method provides better performance on variable speed estimation for wheel-bearings.

Classification of Parkinson's Disease from Smartphone Recording Data using Time-Frequency Analysis and Convolutional Neural Network (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denchai Worasawate ◽  
Warisara Asawaponwiput ◽  
Natsue Yoshimura ◽  
Apichart Intarapanich ◽  
Decho Surangsrirat
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Voice

BACKGROUND Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. The current diagnosis is dependent on clinical observation and the abilities and experience of a trained specialist. One of the symptoms that affect most patients over the course of their illness is voice impairment. OBJECTIVE Voice is one of the non-invasive data that can be collected remotely for diagnosis and disease progression monitoring. In this study, we analyzed voice recording data from a smartphone as a possible disease biomarker. The dataset is from one of the largest mobile PD studies, the mPower study. METHODS A total of 29,798 audio clips from 4,051 participants were used for the analysis. The voice recordings were from sustained phonation by the participant saying /aa/ for ten seconds into the iPhone microphone. The audio samples were converted to a spectrogram using a short-time Fourier transform. CNN models were then applied to classify the samples. RESULTS A total of 29,798 audio clips from 4,051 participants were used for the analysis. The voice recordings were from sustained phonation by the participant saying /aa/ for ten seconds into the iPhone microphone. The audio samples were converted to a spectrogram using a short-time Fourier transform. CNN models were then applied to classify the samples. CONCLUSIONS Classification accuracies of the proposed method with LeNet-5, ResNet-50, and VGGNet-16 are 97.7 ± 0.1%, 98.6 ± 0.2%, and 99.3 ± 0.1%, respectively. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02696603; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02696603

scholarly journals Feature Extraction of Impulse Faults for Vibration Signals Based on Sparse Non-Negative Tensor Factorization

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 3642
Author(s):  
Lin Liang ◽  
Haobin Wen ◽  
Fei Liu ◽  
Guang Li ◽  
Maolin Li
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Mechanical Equipment ◽  
Tensor Factorization ◽  
Short Time Fourier Transform ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Value Decomposition ◽  
Short Time

The incipient damages of mechanical equipment excite weak impulse vibration, which is hidden, almost unobservable, in the collected signal, making fault detection and failure prevention at the inchoate stage rather challenging. Traditional feature extraction techniques, such as bandpass filtering and time-frequency analysis, are suitable for matrix processing but challenged by the higher-order data. To tackle these problems, a novel method of impulse feature extraction for vibration signals, based on sparse non-negative tensor factorization is presented in this paper. Primarily, the phase space reconstruction and the short time Fourier transform are successively employed to convert the original signal into time-frequency distributions, which are further arranged into a three-way tensor to obtain a time-frequency multi-aspect array. The tensor is decomposed by sparse non-negative tensor factorization via hierarchical alternating least squares algorithm, after which the latent components are reconstructed from the factors by the inverse short time Fourier transform and eventually help extract the impulse feature through envelope analysis. For performance verification, the experimental analysis on the bearing datasets and the swashplate piston pump has confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method. Comparisons to the traditional methods, including maximum correlated kurtosis deconvolution, singular value decomposition, and maximum spectrum kurtosis, also suggest its better performance of feature extraction.

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