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Fault diagnosis of helical gear box using variational mode decomposition and random forest algorithm

Publication Type : Journal Article

Thematic Areas : Advanced Materials and Green Technologies

Publisher : SDHM Structural Durability and Health Monitoring

Source : SDHM Structural Durability and Health Monitoring, Tech Science Press, Volume 10, Number 1, p.55-80 (2015)

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Keywords : Algorithms, Data mining, Decision trees, Fault detection, Gear fault diagnosis, Gear teeth, Gears, Logistic Models, Mode decomposition, Multiplier methods, Random forest algorithm, REP tree, Signal processing, Tree algorithms

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Center : Center for Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies, Computational Engineering and Networking

Department : Electronics and Communication, Civil

Year : 2015

Abstract : Gears are machine elements that transmit motion by means of successively engaging teeth. In purely scientific terms, gears are used to transmit motion. A faulty gear is a matter of serious concern as it affects the functionality of a machine to a great extent. Thus it is essential to diagnose the faults at an initial stage so as to reduce the losses that might be incurred. This necessitates the need for continuous monitoring of the gears. The vibrations produced by gears from good and simulated faulty conditions can be effectively used to detect the faults in these gears. The introduction of Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) as a new signal pre-processing technique along with the different decision trees have provided good classification performance. VMD allows decomposition of the signal into various modes by identifying a compact frequency support around its central frequency, such that adding all the modes reconstructs the original signal. Alternating direction multiplier method (ADMM) is used by VMD to find the intrinsic mode functions on central frequencies. Meaningful statistical features can be extracted from VMD processed signals. J48 decision tree algorithm was used to identify the useful features and the selected features were used for classification using the decision trees namely, Random Forest, REP Tree and Logistic Model Tree algorithms. The performance analyses of various algorithms are discussed in detail. Copyright © 2014 Tech Science Press.

Cite this Research Publication : A. Muralidharan, Sugumaran, V., Dr. Soman K. P., and Amarnath, M., “Fault diagnosis of helical gear box using variational mode decomposition and random forest algorithm”, SDHM Structural Durability and Health Monitoring, vol. 10, pp. 55-80, 2015.

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