A Peak Energy Criterion (P. E.) for the Selection of Resonance Bands in Complex Shifted Morlet Wavelet (Csmw) Based Demodulation of Defective Rolling Element Bearings Vibration Response

Complex Shifted Morlet Wavelets (CSMW) present a number of advantages when used for the demodulation of the vibration response of defective rolling element bearings: (A) They present the optimally located window simultaneously in the time and in the frequency domains; (B) They allow for the maximal time-frequency resolution; (C) The magnitudes of the complex wavelet coefficients in the time domain lead directly to the required envelope; (D) They allow for the optimal selection of both the center frequency and the bandwidth of the requested filter. A Peak Energy criterion (P. E.) is proposed in this paper for the simultaneous automatic selection of both the center frequency and the bandwidth of the relevant wavelet window to be used. As shown in a number of application cases, this criterion presents a more effective behavior than other criteria used (Crest Factor, Kurtosis, Smoothness Index, Number of Peaks), since it combines the advantages of energy based criteria, with criteria characterizing the spikiness of the response.

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