A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing

Variational mode decomposition (VMD) method has been widely used in the field of signal processing with significant advantages over other decomposition methods in eliminating modal aliasing and noise robustness. The number (usually denoted by K) of intrinsic mode function (IMF) has a great influence...

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Main Authors: Shoujun Wu, Fuzhou Feng, Junzhen Zhu, Chunzhi Wu, Guang Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8304903
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Fuzhou Feng
Junzhen Zhu
Chunzhi Wu
Guang Zhang
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description Variational mode decomposition (VMD) method has been widely used in the field of signal processing with significant advantages over other decomposition methods in eliminating modal aliasing and noise robustness. The number (usually denoted by K) of intrinsic mode function (IMF) has a great influence on decomposition results. When dealing with signals including complex components, it is usually impossible for the existing methods to obtain correct results and also effective methods for determining K value are lacking. A method called center frequency statistical analysis (CFSA) is proposed in this paper to determine K value. CFSA method can obtain K value accurately based on center frequency histogram. To shed further light on its performance, we analyze the behavior of CFSA method with simulation signal in the presence of variable components amplitude, components frequency, and components number as well as noise amplitude. The normal and fault vibration signals obtained from a bearing experimental setup are used to verify the method. Compared with maximum center frequency observation (MCFO), correlation coefficient (CC), and normalized mutual information (NMI) methods, CFSA is more robust and accurate, and the center frequencies results are consistent with the main frequencies in FFT spectrum.
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spelling doaj-art-b3f8120a6f3e4440b00cbae1b7e42f122025-08-20T03:20:51ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032020-01-01202010.1155/2020/83049038304903A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal ProcessingShoujun Wu0Fuzhou Feng1Junzhen Zhu2Chunzhi Wu3Guang Zhang4Department of Vehicle Engineering, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, ChinaDepartment of Vehicle Engineering, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, ChinaDepartment of Vehicle Engineering, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, ChinaDepartment of Vehicle Engineering, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, ChinaNCO School, Artillery and Air-Defence Forces Academy of Army, Shenyang 110867, ChinaVariational mode decomposition (VMD) method has been widely used in the field of signal processing with significant advantages over other decomposition methods in eliminating modal aliasing and noise robustness. The number (usually denoted by K) of intrinsic mode function (IMF) has a great influence on decomposition results. When dealing with signals including complex components, it is usually impossible for the existing methods to obtain correct results and also effective methods for determining K value are lacking. A method called center frequency statistical analysis (CFSA) is proposed in this paper to determine K value. CFSA method can obtain K value accurately based on center frequency histogram. To shed further light on its performance, we analyze the behavior of CFSA method with simulation signal in the presence of variable components amplitude, components frequency, and components number as well as noise amplitude. The normal and fault vibration signals obtained from a bearing experimental setup are used to verify the method. Compared with maximum center frequency observation (MCFO), correlation coefficient (CC), and normalized mutual information (NMI) methods, CFSA is more robust and accurate, and the center frequencies results are consistent with the main frequencies in FFT spectrum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8304903
spellingShingle Shoujun Wu
Fuzhou Feng
Junzhen Zhu
Chunzhi Wu
Guang Zhang
A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
Shock and Vibration
title A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
title_full A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
title_fullStr A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
title_full_unstemmed A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
title_short A Method for Determining Intrinsic Mode Function Number in Variational Mode Decomposition and Its Application to Bearing Vibration Signal Processing
title_sort method for determining intrinsic mode function number in variational mode decomposition and its application to bearing vibration signal processing
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8304903
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