Abstract: A neural network integrated swarm algorithm that combines multiple neural networks is proposed for rolling bearing fault diagnosis. Firstly, wavelet packet transform was performed on the original vibration signal, and wavelet packet energy (WPE) and wavelet packet sample entropy (WPSE) were used as feature vectors' respectively. Secondly, multiple particle swarm optimization-back propagation (PSO-BP) neural network pairs were used to diagnose the bearing faults separately and compare the adaptability of WPE and WPSE as feature vectors. Then, by using these neural networks as the basic sub-networks of the neural network integrated swarm, the secondary networks of the neural network integrated swarm were formed through statistical coupling, output coupling, and statistical and output coupling. Finally, the classification results of the neural network integrated swarm were output through the final statistical coupling. The results show that the method can obtain the desired accuracy of rolling bearing fault diagnosis and has good generalization performance when the load changes.
Keywords: rolling bearing; fault diagnosis; wavelet packet transform; particle swarm optimization-back propagation(PSO-BP) neural network; neural network integrated swarm