An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis

Abstract In the field of bearing fault diagnosis, the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) has been proven to effectively utilize noise to enhance weak features of early faults. The classical bistable stochastic resonance (CBSR) model, as one of the most widely applied SR methods, faces limitatio...

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Main Authors: Yonghui Zhao, Anqi Jiang, Wanlu Jiang, Enyu Tang, Xu Jiang, Xiaoyang Gu
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01889-0
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Anqi Jiang
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Enyu Tang
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Xiaoyang Gu
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description Abstract In the field of bearing fault diagnosis, the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) has been proven to effectively utilize noise to enhance weak features of early faults. The classical bistable stochastic resonance (CBSR) model, as one of the most widely applied SR methods, faces limitations in feature enhancement due to the complexity of parameter tuning and the issue of output saturation. To address these issues, this paper proposes an improved piecewise unsaturated bistable stochastic resonance (PUBSR) method, which employs an asymmetric potential function to effectively mitigate the output saturation problem of CBSR. Additionally, the cuckoo search (CS) algorithm is used to optimize the potential function parameters, enhancing fault diagnosis performance. Finally, the proposed method is applied to both simulated signals and early bearing fault engineering data. The results demonstrate that compared to the CBSR method, the proposed approach more than doubles the spectral peak value when extracting characteristic frequencies, significantly improving the identifiability of fault features and diagnostic accuracy.
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spelling doaj-art-0adea0a7f5094d56b3e791b4ac87b24b2025-08-20T03:45:28ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115111710.1038/s41598-025-01889-0An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosisYonghui Zhao0Anqi Jiang1Wanlu Jiang2Enyu Tang3Xu Jiang4Xiaoyang Gu5Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Machinery Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Yanshan UniversitySchool of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan UniversityHebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Machinery Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Yanshan UniversityHebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Machinery Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Yanshan UniversityHebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Machinery Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Yanshan UniversityHebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Heavy Machinery Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Yanshan UniversityAbstract In the field of bearing fault diagnosis, the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) has been proven to effectively utilize noise to enhance weak features of early faults. The classical bistable stochastic resonance (CBSR) model, as one of the most widely applied SR methods, faces limitations in feature enhancement due to the complexity of parameter tuning and the issue of output saturation. To address these issues, this paper proposes an improved piecewise unsaturated bistable stochastic resonance (PUBSR) method, which employs an asymmetric potential function to effectively mitigate the output saturation problem of CBSR. Additionally, the cuckoo search (CS) algorithm is used to optimize the potential function parameters, enhancing fault diagnosis performance. Finally, the proposed method is applied to both simulated signals and early bearing fault engineering data. The results demonstrate that compared to the CBSR method, the proposed approach more than doubles the spectral peak value when extracting characteristic frequencies, significantly improving the identifiability of fault features and diagnostic accuracy.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01889-0Stochastic resonanceCuckoo searchRolling bearingEarly fault diagnosis
spellingShingle Yonghui Zhao
Anqi Jiang
Wanlu Jiang
Enyu Tang
Xu Jiang
Xiaoyang Gu
An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
Scientific Reports
Stochastic resonance
Cuckoo search
Rolling bearing
Early fault diagnosis
title An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
title_full An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
title_fullStr An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
title_short An improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
title_sort improved bistable stochastic resonance method and its application in early bearing fault diagnosis
topic Stochastic resonance
Cuckoo search
Rolling bearing
Early fault diagnosis
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01889-0
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