A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis

Fault diagnosis methods based on deep learning have progressed greatly in recent years. However, the limited training data and complex work conditions still restrict the application of these intelligent methods. This paper proposes an intelligent bearing fault diagnosis method, i.e., Siamese Vision...

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Main Authors: Qiuchen He, Shaobo Li, Qiang Bai, Ansi Zhang, Jing Yang, Mingming Shen
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/10/1656
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author Qiuchen He
Shaobo Li
Qiang Bai
Ansi Zhang
Jing Yang
Mingming Shen
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Shaobo Li
Qiang Bai
Ansi Zhang
Jing Yang
Mingming Shen
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description Fault diagnosis methods based on deep learning have progressed greatly in recent years. However, the limited training data and complex work conditions still restrict the application of these intelligent methods. This paper proposes an intelligent bearing fault diagnosis method, i.e., Siamese Vision Transformer, suiting limited training data and complex work conditions. The Siamese Vision Transformer, combining Siamese network and Vision Transformer, is designed to efficiently extract the feature vectors of input samples in high-level space and complete the classification of the fault. In addition, a new loss function combining the Kullback-Liebler divergence both directions is proposed to improve the performance of the proposed model. Furthermore, a new training strategy termed random mask is designed to enhance input data diversity. A comparative test is conducted on the Case Western Reserve University bearing dataset and Paderborn dataset and our method achieves reasonably high accuracy with limited data and satisfactory generation capability for cross-domain tasks.
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spelling doaj.art-057609b20e924c75b6c2c4836e4130b02023-11-24T01:22:16ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2022-09-011310165610.3390/mi13101656A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault DiagnosisQiuchen He0Shaobo Li1Qiang Bai2Ansi Zhang3Jing Yang4Mingming Shen5School of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaFault diagnosis methods based on deep learning have progressed greatly in recent years. However, the limited training data and complex work conditions still restrict the application of these intelligent methods. This paper proposes an intelligent bearing fault diagnosis method, i.e., Siamese Vision Transformer, suiting limited training data and complex work conditions. The Siamese Vision Transformer, combining Siamese network and Vision Transformer, is designed to efficiently extract the feature vectors of input samples in high-level space and complete the classification of the fault. In addition, a new loss function combining the Kullback-Liebler divergence both directions is proposed to improve the performance of the proposed model. Furthermore, a new training strategy termed random mask is designed to enhance input data diversity. A comparative test is conducted on the Case Western Reserve University bearing dataset and Paderborn dataset and our method achieves reasonably high accuracy with limited data and satisfactory generation capability for cross-domain tasks.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/10/1656intelligent fault diagnosisvision transformerSiamese networklimited datadomain generation
spellingShingle Qiuchen He
Shaobo Li
Qiang Bai
Ansi Zhang
Jing Yang
Mingming Shen
A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
Micromachines
intelligent fault diagnosis
vision transformer
Siamese network
limited data
domain generation
title A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
title_full A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
title_fullStr A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
title_short A Siamese Vision Transformer for Bearings Fault Diagnosis
title_sort siamese vision transformer for bearings fault diagnosis
topic intelligent fault diagnosis
vision transformer
Siamese network
limited data
domain generation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/10/1656
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