scholarly journals A combined kernel-based fuzzy C-means clustering and spectral centroid for instantaneous frequency estimation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 168781402091367
Author(s):  
Zhai Hua ◽  
Mao Hong-min ◽  
Wang Dong ◽  
Lu Xue-song ◽  
Ding Xu

An improved instantaneous frequency estimation algorithm for rotating machines based on a kernel-based fuzzy C-means clustering (KFCM) algorithm used in association with a spectral centroid algorithm is proposed in this study. The clustering algorithm is used first to discriminate the time-frequency points from the sources of the reference axis and other points. The discrete time-frequency points related to the instantaneous rotation frequency of the reference axis are then located based on the values of the time-frequency matrix elements; on the basis of these elements, the instantaneous rotation frequency is then estimated using a spectral centroid algorithm. It is demonstrated that this method effectively reduces the effects of interference and noise while achieving higher estimation precision. To validate the proposed method, numerical simulations of multi-component signals and crossover signals are performed. The results of these simulations indicate that the method can realize instantaneous frequency estimation with high precision, even when the numerical responses are contaminated by Gaussian white noise. In addition, when this method is used to analyze the vibration signal of rotating machinery in the situation of a run-up procedure, remarkable speed estimation results are obtained.

Author(s):  
Igor Djurović

AbstractFrequency modulated (FM) signals sampled below the Nyquist rate or with missing samples (nowadays part of wider compressive sensing (CS) framework) are considered. Recently proposed matching pursuit and greedy techniques are inefficient for signals with several phase parameters since they require a search over multidimensional space. An alternative is proposed here based on the random samples consensus algorithm (RANSAC) applied to the instantaneous frequency (IF) estimates obtained from the time-frequency (TF) representation of recordings (undersampled or signal with missing samples). The O’Shea refinement strategy is employed to refine results. The proposed technique is tested against third- and fifth-order polynomial phase signals (PPS) and also for signals corrupted by noise.


2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 1367-1372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu Li Du

The differences of instantaneous frequency (IF) characteristics between the defect echo and the noise can be used to detect defect and suppress noise for ultrasonic testing signal. Therefore, the IF is one of the important instantaneous parameters of ultrasonic testing signal. To estimate the IF of ultrasonic testing signals more effectively, the peak of time-frequency representation (TFR) from matching pursuits (MP) decomposition is proposed. The performances of IF estimators are compared on the simulated signals at different signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the real ultrasonic testing signal. The simulation results present that the proposed method can estimate accurate IF at different SNR.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengqiang Ma ◽  
Wanying Ruan ◽  
Mingyi Chen ◽  
Xiang Li

Instantaneous frequency estimation of rolling bearing is a key step in order tracking without tachometers, and time-frequency analysis method is an effective solution. In this paper, a new method applying the variational mode decomposition (VMD) in association with the synchroextracting transform (SET), named VMD-SET, is proposed as an improved time-frequency analysis method for instantaneous frequency estimation of rolling bearing. The SET is a new time-frequency analysis method which belongs to a postprocessing procedure of the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) and has excellent performance in energy concentration. Considering nonstationary broadband fault vibration signals of rolling bearing under variable speed conditions, the time-frequency characteristics cannot be obtained accurately by SET alone. Thus, VMD-SET method is proposed. Firstly, the signal is decomposed into several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) with different center frequency by VMD. Then, effective IMFs are selected by mutual information and kurtosis criteria and are reconstructed. Next, the SET method is applied to the reconstructed signal to generate the time-frequency representation with high resolution. Finally, instantaneous frequency trajectory can be accurately extracted by peak search from the time-frequency representation. The proposed method is free from time-varying sidebands and is robust to noise interference. It is proved by numerical simulated signal analysis and is further validated by lab experimental rolling bearing vibration signal analysis. The results show this method can estimate the instantaneous frequency with high precision without noise interference.


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