Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (6): 2031-2041.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2026.06.23

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Fault diagnosis method based on wavelet packet transform and improved residual neural network

Shengzhi YUAN1(), Shaolei WANG1, Jing LI1, Renkai XIAO1, Haotian TAN2, Jianwei LAI1,*, Jiangtao XU2   

  1. 1. College of Weaponry Engineering,Naval University of Engineering,Wuhan 430033,China
    2. College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering,Harbin Engineering University,Harbin 150001,China
  • Received:2025-01-22 Revised:2025-06-11 Online:2026-06-25 Published:2026-03-16
  • Contact: Jianwei LAI E-mail:yuanszhi_hjgcdx@sina.com

Abstract:

Traditional deep neural networks need to increase the number of network layers to enhance the characterization ability and improve the network fault diagnosis accuracy when dealing with large-volume, multi-category, multi-degree fault sample data, but the increase in network depth can easily lead to problems such as gradient disappearance, which results in a low upper limit of recognition accuracy. A method that combines the wavelet packet transform with the residual neural network is presented to enhance the recognition accuracy of large-volume motor fault sample data. The residual neural network is improved using an exponential linear unit. The results demonstrate that employing exponential linear unit significantly enhances residual neural network training stability and prediction accuracy. On a 42-types multi-sensor electromechanical fault dataset, the proposed method achieves at least 13% higher recognition accuracy than comparable networks without residual layers and exponential linear unit. Therefore, the proposed method, which integrates the continuous wavelet transform with a residual neural network enhanced by linear exponential units, significantly mitigates the vanishing gradient problem and effectively overcomes the accuracy limitations of traditional deep neural networks, thereby providing a highly reliable solution for the intelligent diagnosis of multiple faults in complex electromechanical systems.

Key words: deep learning, fault diagnosis, wavelet packet transform, residual neural network

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