Fault identification and severity analysis of rolling element bearings using phase space topology

Abstract

This article presents the application of phase space topology and time-domain statistical features for rolling element bearing diagnostics in rotating machines under variable operating conditions. The results indicate very promising performance in identifying various faults with virtually perfect accuracy, recall, and precision. A comparison with the envelope analysis method is performed to show the superior performance of the proposed approach. In addition, the results demonstrate an outstanding prediction rate for the fault diameter of bearing defects.