Yongfeng Tai¹, Xingyu Yan², Xiangyi Geng³, Lin Mu⁴, Mingshun Jiang², Faye Zhang^2,*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 365-383, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2024.053998 - 15 January 2025

Abstract The remaining useful life prediction of rolling bearing is vital in safety and reliability guarantee. In engineering scenarios, only a small amount of bearing performance degradation data can be obtained through accelerated life testing. In the absence of lifetime data, the hidden long-term correlation between performance degradation data is challenging to mine effectively, which is the main factor that restricts the prediction precision and engineering application of the residual life prediction method. To address this problem, a novel method based on the multi-layer perception neural network and bidirectional long short-term memory network is proposed. Firstly,… More >

Chaozhi Cai^*, Tiexin Xu, Jianhua Ren, Yingfang Xue

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 125-144, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2024.052813 - 15 November 2024

Abstract A bearing fault diagnosis method based on the Markov transition field (MTF) and SEnet (SE)-IShufflenetV2 model is proposed in this paper due to the problems of complex working conditions, low fault diagnosis accuracy, and poor generalization of rolling bearing. Firstly, MTF is used to encode one-dimensional time series vibration signals and convert them into time-dependent and unique two-dimensional feature images. Then, the generated two-dimensional dataset is fed into the SE-IShufflenetV2 model for training to achieve fault feature extraction and classification. This paper selects the bearing fault datasets from Case Western Reserve University and Paderborn University… More >

Kai Wang^1,2,3, Lihua Yang^1,2,3,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.29, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011018

Abstract Although offset-halves journal bearings (OHJBs) are widely used in marine powertrains, the research on nonlinear tribo-dynamics is still limited, particularly under dynamic loading. To overcome such limitations, this study proposes a novel dynamic model that couples the influences of step load and thermoelastohydrodynamic (TEHD) effect. Based on the numerical model, a transient TEHD analysis for dynamically loaded OHJBs is done. Moreover, a modified stability criterion is developed. Nonlinear behaviors and transient stability of OHJBs under step load are systematically studied. The correlations of bearing characteristics such as the maximum film temperature, minimum film thickness, maximum More >

Sen-Hui Wang^1,2,*, Xi Kang¹, Cheng Wang¹, Tian-Bing Ma¹, Xiang He², Ke Yang^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.2, pp. 1405-1427, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.049281 - 20 May 2024

Abstract Accurately predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of bearings in mining rotating equipment is vital for mining enterprises. This research aims to distinguish the features associated with the RUL of bearings and propose a prediction model based on these selected features. This study proposes a hybrid predictive model to assess the RUL of rolling element bearings. The proposed model begins with the pre-processing of bearing vibration signals to reconstruct sixty time-domain features. The hybrid model selects relevant features from the sixty time-domain features of the vibration signal by adopting the RReliefF feature selection algorithm. Subsequently,… More >

Haomiao Wang¹, Jinxi Wang², Qingmei Sui^2,*, Faye Zhang², Yibin Li¹, Mingshun Jiang², Phanasindh Paitekul³

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 91-110, 2024, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2023.041522 - 22 March 2024

Abstract Due to their robust learning and expression ability for complex features, the deep learning (DL) model plays a vital role in bearing fault diagnosis. However, since there are fewer labeled samples in fault diagnosis, the depth of DL models in fault diagnosis is generally shallower than that of DL models in other fields, which limits the diagnostic performance. To solve this problem, a novel transfer residual Swin Transformer (RST) is proposed for rolling bearings in this paper. RST has 24 residual self-attention layers, which use the hierarchical design and the shifted window-based residual self-attention. Combined More >

Ali Mahamied¹, Amjad A. Yasin¹, Yazan Alzubi^1,*, Jamal Al Adwan¹, Issa Mahamied²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.17, No.6, pp. 501-519, 2023, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2023.028686 - 17 November 2023

Abstract Nowadays, an extensive number of studies related to the performance of base isolation systems implemented in regular reinforced concrete structures subjected to various types of earthquakes can be found in the literature. On the other hand, investigations regarding the irregular base-isolated reinforced concrete structures’ performance when subjected to pulse-like earthquakes are very scarce. The severity of pulse-like earthquakes emerges from their ability to destabilize the base-isolated structure by remarkably increasing the displacement demands. Thus, this study is intended to investigate the effects of pulse-like earthquake characteristics on the behavior of low-rise irregular base-isolated reinforced concrete More >

Tiantian Liang^*, Runze Wang, Xuxiu Zhang, Yingdong Wang, Jianxiong Yang

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 433-455, 2023, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2023.029331 - 07 September 2023

Abstract In this study, an optimized long short-term memory (LSTM) network is proposed to predict the reliability and remaining useful life (RUL) of rolling bearings based on an improved whale-optimized algorithm (IWOA). The multi-domain features are extracted to construct the feature dataset because the single-domain features are difficult to characterize the performance degeneration of the rolling bearing. To provide covariates for reliability assessment, a kernel principal component analysis is used to reduce the dimensionality of the features. A Weibull distribution proportional hazard model (WPHM) is used for the reliability assessment of rolling bearing, and a beluga… More > Graphic Abstract

Tinnawat Hongphan¹, Matthew O. T. Cole^1,*, Chakkapong Chamroon¹, Ziv Brand²

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.1, pp. 147-161, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022821 - 27 October 2022

Abstract This paper presents a theoretical and experimental study on controller design for the AMBs in a small-scale flywheel energy storage system, where the main goals are to achieve low energy consumption and improved rotordynamic stability. A H-infinity optimal control synthesis procedure is defined for the permanent-magnet-biased AMB-rotor system with 4 degrees of freedom. Through the choice of design weighting functions, notch filter characteristics are incorporated within the controller to reduce AMB current components caused by rotor vibration at the synchronous frequency and higher harmonics. Experimental tests are used to validate the controller design methodology and More >

Imran M. Jamadar^1,*, B. Suresha¹, Prasanta Kumar Samal¹, S. A. I. Bellary²

Sound & Vibration, Vol.56, No.2, pp. 165-191, 2022, DOI:10.32604/sv.2022.015267 - 25 March 2022

Abstract Usage of rolling contact bearings in variety of rotor-dynamic applications has put forth a need to develop a detailed and easy to implement techniques for the assessment of damage related features in these bearings so that before mechanical failure, maintenance actions can be planned well in advance. In accordance to this, a method based on dimensional amplitude response analysis and scaling laws is presented in this paper for the diagnosis of defects in different components of rolling contact bearings in a dimensionally scaled rotor-bearing system. Rotor, bearing, operating and defect parameters involved are detailed for… More >

Junyu Chen¹, Yunwen Feng^1,*, Cheng Lu^1,2, Chengwei Fei²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.2, pp. 1013-1027, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016980 - 08 October 2021

Abstract As the key component in aeroengine rotor systems, the health status of rolling bearings directly influences the reliability and safety of aeroengine rotor systems. In order to monitor rolling bearing conditions, a fusion fault diagnosis method, namely empirical mode decomposition (EMD)-Mahalanobis distance (E2MD) and improved wavelet threshold (IWT) (E2MD-IWT) for vibrational signals and acoustic emission (AE) signals is developed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of rolling bearings. The IWT method is proposed with a hard wavelet threshold and a soft wavelet threshold. Moreover, it is shown to be effective through numerical simulation. EMD is utilized… More >