PGDS-CLNet: A robust bearing fault diagnosis method under varying loads and strong noise

An improved CNN–Transformer–ELM framework with residual shrinkage networks for bearing fault diagnosis

A robust and noise-resilient bearing fault diagnosis framework that integrates advanced signal processing with hybrid deep learning techniques is presented, demonstrating strong robustness and generalization capability.

Noise-Robust Multi-Domain Feature Integration for Bearing Fault Diagnosis

In this study, a hybrid deep learning architecture is proposed for robust vibration-based fault diagnosis in industrial machinery by jointly modeling time-domain, frequency-domain, and temporal dynamics. In the time domain, convolutional layers combined with an Enhanced Gated Attention (EGA) mechanism emphasize informative signal components while suppressing noise. Temporal evolution is modeled using Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODEs), enabling smooth and stable continuous-time feature representations. In parallel, a Fourier Neural Operator (FNO) extracts frequency-domain characteristics, augmented with gated attention to focus on fault-related spectral patterns. Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) layers capture long-range dependencies, while Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) blocks adaptively recalibrate channel-wise feature responses. A multi-scale attention-based fusion module integrates domain-specific representations and auxiliary features to enhance discrimination under varying operating conditions. The proposed model is evaluated on the SUBFv1.0 dataset through extensive ablation studies and experiments under multiple noise levels, achieving 98.41% accuracy in noise-free conditions and maintaining performance above 91% even at 5 dB SNR. Unlike existing multi-path approaches that combine heterogeneous features in a loosely coupled or discrete manner, the proposed architecture uniquely integrates multi-domain feature learning with bidirectional attention mechanisms and continuous-time temporal dynamics, enabling coherent cross-domain interaction and robust fault characterization.

PFA-Net: a physics-informed feature enhancement and attention network for interpretable bearing fault diagnosis under strong noise.

A fault diagnosis network that integrates physical feature enhancement and attention mechanisms-PFA-Net is proposed, providing a structurally clear and high-performance solution for intelligent fault diagnosis.

A Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Scaled Dot-Product Attention

To tackle the persistent challenges of low bearing fault diagnosis accuracy—specifically the difficulty of extracting faint fault features under complex, variable operating conditions and strong background noise, as well as the tendency to lose deep temporal dependencies—this paper proposes a novel diagnosis method integrating FFT-VMD feature extraction with a Bi-TCN-Bi-GRU neural network. First, to overcome the heuristic parameter selection and frequency-band aliasing inherent in traditional Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD), the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is introduced. By extracting global spectral prior information, the FFT guides the VMD to perform adaptive decomposition and effective denoising of non-stationary vibration signals. Subsequently, a dual-path Bi-TCN-Bi-GRU diagnostic model is constructed. The dilated causal convolution mechanism of the Bidirectional Temporal Convolutional Network (Bi-TCN) is utilized to extract deep local spatial features, while the Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (Bi-GRU) is integrated to deeply mine the forward and backward dynamic evolutionary dependencies within the sequence. Experimental results demonstrate that even under severe background noise with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of -2 dB, the proposed method maintains an exceptional diagnostic accuracy of 98.21% on a self-built bearing dataset and 99.90% on the Southeast University (SEU) dataset. This study provides a highly robust and promising solution for enhancing bearing safety and predictive maintenance in complex industrial environments.

A semi-supervised learning framework for bearing fault recognition under strong noise

Unsupervised Hybrid Deep Learning for Unknown Bearing Fault Diagnosis and Severity Assessment

An unsupervised hybrid deep learning framework for unknown bearing fault diagnosis and severity assessment using vibration signals that combines Continuous Wavelet Transform, Convolutional Neural Networks, and Long Short-Term Memory autoencoders is presented.