Application of EEMD Sample Entropy and Grey Relation Degree in Gearbox Fault Identification

ABSTRACT

In this paper, a new gearbox fault identification method was proposed based on mathematical morphological filter, ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), sample entropy and grey relation degree. Firstly, the sampled data was de-noised by mathematical morphological filter. Secondly, the de-noised signal was decomposed into a finite number of stationary intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) by EEMD method. Thirdly, some IMFs containing the most dominant fault information were calculated by the sample entropy for four gearbox conditions. Finally, since the grey relation degree has good classified capacity for small sample pattern identification, the grey relation degree between the symptom set and standard fault set was calculated as the identification evidence for fault diagnosis. The practical results show that this method is quite effective in gearbox fault diagnosis. It’s suitable for on-line monitoring and fault diagnosis of gearbox.

Keywords:

Ensemble empirical mode decomposition, Feature extraction, Gearbox, Grey relation degree, Identification, mathematical morphological filter, Sample entropy.