Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement

In the context of addressing the challenge posed by limited fault samples in agricultural machinery rolling bearings, especially when early fault characteristics are subtle, this study introduces a novel approach. The proposed multi-domain fault diagnosis method, anchored in data augmentation, aims...

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Main Authors: Fengyun Xie, Gang Li, Hui Liu, Enguang Sun, Yang Wang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Agriculture
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/14/1/112
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author Fengyun Xie
Gang Li
Hui Liu
Enguang Sun
Yang Wang
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Hui Liu
Enguang Sun
Yang Wang
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description In the context of addressing the challenge posed by limited fault samples in agricultural machinery rolling bearings, especially when early fault characteristics are subtle, this study introduces a novel approach. The proposed multi-domain fault diagnosis method, anchored in data augmentation, aims to discern early faults in agricultural machinery rolling bearings, particularly within an imbalanced sample framework. The methodology involves determining early fault signals throughout the life cycle, constructing early fault datasets with varying imbalance rates for different fault types, and subsequently employing the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) to balance the fault data. The study then extracts relative wavelet packet energy and time-domain sensitive features (variance, peak to peak) from the original and generated fault data to form a multi-domain fault feature vector. This vector is utilized for fault state recognition using a Support Vector Machine (SVM). Evaluation metrics such as accuracy, recall, and F1 values assess the recognition effectiveness for each rolling bearing state, with the overall model recognition evaluated based on accuracy. The proposed method is rigorously analyzed and validated using the XJTU-SY rolling bearing accelerated life test dataset. Comparative analysis is conducted with non-data enhanced fault feature vectors, specifically the relative energy of the wavelet packet, both with and without time-domain features. Experimental results underscore the superior performance of multi-domain fault features in providing a comprehensive description of signal information, leading to enhanced classification performance. Furthermore, the study demonstrates improved classification accuracy and recall rates for the balanced dataset compared to the imbalanced dataset. This research significantly contributes to an effective identification method for the early fault diagnosis of small sample rolling bearings in agricultural machinery.
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spelling doaj.art-cd9ab8d7baef4bc88a9e92561eab24602024-01-29T13:40:24ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722024-01-0114111210.3390/agriculture14010112Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data EnhancementFengyun Xie0Gang Li1Hui Liu2Enguang Sun3Yang Wang4School of Mechanical Electrical and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Electrical and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Electrical and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Electrical and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Electrical and Vehicle Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, ChinaIn the context of addressing the challenge posed by limited fault samples in agricultural machinery rolling bearings, especially when early fault characteristics are subtle, this study introduces a novel approach. The proposed multi-domain fault diagnosis method, anchored in data augmentation, aims to discern early faults in agricultural machinery rolling bearings, particularly within an imbalanced sample framework. The methodology involves determining early fault signals throughout the life cycle, constructing early fault datasets with varying imbalance rates for different fault types, and subsequently employing the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) to balance the fault data. The study then extracts relative wavelet packet energy and time-domain sensitive features (variance, peak to peak) from the original and generated fault data to form a multi-domain fault feature vector. This vector is utilized for fault state recognition using a Support Vector Machine (SVM). Evaluation metrics such as accuracy, recall, and F1 values assess the recognition effectiveness for each rolling bearing state, with the overall model recognition evaluated based on accuracy. The proposed method is rigorously analyzed and validated using the XJTU-SY rolling bearing accelerated life test dataset. Comparative analysis is conducted with non-data enhanced fault feature vectors, specifically the relative energy of the wavelet packet, both with and without time-domain features. Experimental results underscore the superior performance of multi-domain fault features in providing a comprehensive description of signal information, leading to enhanced classification performance. Furthermore, the study demonstrates improved classification accuracy and recall rates for the balanced dataset compared to the imbalanced dataset. This research significantly contributes to an effective identification method for the early fault diagnosis of small sample rolling bearings in agricultural machinery.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/14/1/112agricultural machinery rolling bearingsmulti-domain fault diagnosisdata augmentationimbalanced samplesearly fault detection
spellingShingle Fengyun Xie
Gang Li
Hui Liu
Enguang Sun
Yang Wang
Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
Agriculture
agricultural machinery rolling bearings
multi-domain fault diagnosis
data augmentation
imbalanced samples
early fault detection
title Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
title_full Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
title_fullStr Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
title_full_unstemmed Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
title_short Advancing Early Fault Diagnosis for Multi-Domain Agricultural Machinery Rolling Bearings through Data Enhancement
title_sort advancing early fault diagnosis for multi domain agricultural machinery rolling bearings through data enhancement
topic agricultural machinery rolling bearings
multi-domain fault diagnosis
data augmentation
imbalanced samples
early fault detection
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/14/1/112
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