Research Article

Multifault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings Using a Wavelet Kurtogram and Vector Median-Based Feature Analysis

Table 6

Performance comparison between conventional feature analysis approaches and the proposed feature analysis method in terms of the average classification accuracy and the true positive rate at a bearing crack size of 12 mm (unit: %).

Shaft speedTPR per bearing fault condition under 12 mm crack sizeACA
DFBBCIBCOBCRBCOIBCORBCIRBCOIR

PCA300 RPM84.4475.5664.4466.6786.6795.5671.1175.5677.50
350 RPM95.5653.3375.5671.1177.7888.8980.0095.5679.72
400 RPM93.3373.3386.6782.2275.5691.1195.5697.7886.94
450 RPM91.1177.7888.8973.3391.1195.5691.1191.1187.50
500 RPM88.8995.5691.1186.6795.5693.3391.1193.3391.94

ICA300 RPM51.1148.8986.6766.6771.1193.3371.1164.4469.17
350 RPM64.4442.2288.8971.1186.6791.1177.7891.1176.67
400 RPM88.8962.2288.8975.5675.5688.8991.1197.7883.61
450 RPM100.0048.8993.3368.8988.8997.7893.3388.8985.00
500 RPM91.1188.8991.1184.4497.7893.3388.8995.5691.39

LDA300 RPM77.7888.8982.2293.3395.56100.0097.7888.8990.56
350 RPM91.11100.0091.1193.33100.00100.0097.78100.0096.67
400 RPM95.56100.0097.7895.56100.00100.0097.7897.7898.06
450 RPM100.00100.0097.7893.3397.78100.00100.0097.7898.33
500 RPM91.11100.00100.0097.78100.0097.78100.00100.0098.33

Proposed300 RPM80.0086.6788.8993.3393.33100.0097.7888.8991.11
350 RPM91.11100.0088.8993.33100.00100.00100.00100.0096.67
400 RPM95.56100.0097.7897.78100.00100.00100.00100.0098.89
450 RPM100.00100.00100.0097.7897.78100.00100.00100.0099.44
500 RPM93.33100.00100.0097.78100.0097.78100.00100.0098.61