In this study,we report an analysis of cylinder head vibration signals at a steady engine speed using short-time Fourier transform(STFT).Three popular time-frequency analysis techniques,i.e.,STFT,analytic wavelet tran...In this study,we report an analysis of cylinder head vibration signals at a steady engine speed using short-time Fourier transform(STFT).Three popular time-frequency analysis techniques,i.e.,STFT,analytic wavelet transform(AWT) and S transform(ST),have been examined.AWT and ST are often applied in engine signal analyses.In particular,an AWT expression in terms of the quality factor Q and an analytical relationship between ST and AWT have been derived.The time-frequency resolution of a Gaussian function windowed STFT was studied via numerical simulation.Based on the simulation,the empirical limits for the lowest distinguishable frequency as well as the time and frequency resolutions were determined.These can provide insights for window width selection,spectrogram interpretation and artifact identification.Gaussian function windowed STFTs were applied to some cylinder head vibration signals.The spectrograms of the same signals from ST and AWT were also determined for comparison.The results indicate that the uniform resolution feature of STFT is not necessarily a disadvantage for time-frequency analysis of vibration signals when the engine is in stationary state because it can more accurately localize the frequency components excited by transient excitations without much loss of time resolution.展开更多
When a high impedance fault(HIF)occurs in a distribution network,the detection efficiency of traditional protection devices is strongly limited by the weak fault information.In this study,a method based on S-transform...When a high impedance fault(HIF)occurs in a distribution network,the detection efficiency of traditional protection devices is strongly limited by the weak fault information.In this study,a method based on S-transform(ST)and average singular entropy(ASE)is proposed to identify HIFs.First,a wavelet packet transform(WPT)was applied to extract the feature frequency band.Thereafter,the ST was investigated in each half cycle.Afterwards,the obtained time-frequency matrix was denoised by singular value decomposition(SVD),followed by the calculation of the ASE index.Finally,an appropriate threshold was selected to detect the HIFs.The advantages of this method are the ability of fine band division,adaptive time-frequency transformation,and quantitative expression of signal complexity.The performance of the proposed method was verified by simulated and field data,and further analysis revealed that it could still achieve good results under different conditions.展开更多
基金Project (No. 2011BAE22B05) supported by the National Key Technologies Supporting Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period
文摘In this study,we report an analysis of cylinder head vibration signals at a steady engine speed using short-time Fourier transform(STFT).Three popular time-frequency analysis techniques,i.e.,STFT,analytic wavelet transform(AWT) and S transform(ST),have been examined.AWT and ST are often applied in engine signal analyses.In particular,an AWT expression in terms of the quality factor Q and an analytical relationship between ST and AWT have been derived.The time-frequency resolution of a Gaussian function windowed STFT was studied via numerical simulation.Based on the simulation,the empirical limits for the lowest distinguishable frequency as well as the time and frequency resolutions were determined.These can provide insights for window width selection,spectrogram interpretation and artifact identification.Gaussian function windowed STFTs were applied to some cylinder head vibration signals.The spectrograms of the same signals from ST and AWT were also determined for comparison.The results indicate that the uniform resolution feature of STFT is not necessarily a disadvantage for time-frequency analysis of vibration signals when the engine is in stationary state because it can more accurately localize the frequency components excited by transient excitations without much loss of time resolution.
基金financial supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian,China(2021J01633).
文摘When a high impedance fault(HIF)occurs in a distribution network,the detection efficiency of traditional protection devices is strongly limited by the weak fault information.In this study,a method based on S-transform(ST)and average singular entropy(ASE)is proposed to identify HIFs.First,a wavelet packet transform(WPT)was applied to extract the feature frequency band.Thereafter,the ST was investigated in each half cycle.Afterwards,the obtained time-frequency matrix was denoised by singular value decomposition(SVD),followed by the calculation of the ASE index.Finally,an appropriate threshold was selected to detect the HIFs.The advantages of this method are the ability of fine band division,adaptive time-frequency transformation,and quantitative expression of signal complexity.The performance of the proposed method was verified by simulated and field data,and further analysis revealed that it could still achieve good results under different conditions.
