Frequency-Demodulated Analysis Based on Cyclostationarity for Local Fault Detection in Gears
| Periodical | Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 293 - 294) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Damage Assessment of Structures VI |
| Edited by | W.M. Ostachowicz, J.M. Dulieu-Barton, K.M. Holford, M. Krawczuk and A. Zak |
| Pages | 87-94 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.293-294.87 |
| Citation | Jun He et al., 2005, Key Engineering Materials, 293-294, 87 |
| Online since | September, 2005 |
| Authors | Jun He, Jin Chen, Guo Bi, Fuchang Zhou |
| Keywords | Cyclic Autocorrelation Function, Cyclostationary, Frequency-Demodulated Analysis |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
The demodulation analysis has been extensively used for gear diagnosis. However these techniques mainly deal with the amplitude-modulated signal instead of the frequency-modulated signal. Due to the symmetrical phase relationship of the sidebands, the amplitude-demodulated methods are not suitable for the frequency-modulated signal. This paper introduces the theory of cyclostationary processes as a powerful frequency-demodulation tool for the diagnosis of gears. The Cyclic Autocorrelation Function (CAF) is an important second-order cyclic statistics and acts as an efficient parameter to the frequency-demodulated analysis. In this paper, the CAF of frequency-modulated signal is deduced carefully. Through the discussion of frequency feature of the CAF slice at different cyclic frequency, two useful conclusions have been arrived about the frequency-demodulation. Firstly, the CAF slice at even multiples of the modulator-frequency can demodulate the frequency-modulated signal directly. Secondly, the amplitude-demodulated methods are suitable for the CAF slice of frequency-modulated signal at some special cyclic frequencies, which are equal to odd multiples of the modulator-frequency or close to the double carrier-frequency. These features of the CAF slice mentioned above overcome the invalidation of amplitude-demodulated methods for the frequency-modulated signal and increase it’s application range in engineering. Application in simulated and experimental data from a gear rig verifies the effectiveness of the frequency-demodulated method based on cyclostationarity.
