# Research on Adaptive Identification Technology for Rolling Bearing Performance Degradation Based on Vibration–Temperature Fusion

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method for identifying rolling bearing degradation by combining vibration and temperature data, improving accuracy over traditional methods.

## Contribution

A novel adaptive method using vibration–temperature fusion for more accurate bearing performance degradation assessment.

## Key findings

- The proposed method outperformed traditional vibration-based approaches in identifying bearing life stages.
- The fusion of vibration and temperature data improved the characterization of degradation trends.
- The DC-ABUM algorithm enabled adaptive optimization of segmentation for life-stage identification.

## Abstract

To address the issue of low accuracy in identifying the transition states of rolling bearing performance degradation when relying solely on vibration signals, this study proposed a vibration–temperature fusion-based adaptive method for bearing performance degradation assessments. First, a multidimensional time–frequency feature set was constructed by integrating vibration acceleration and temperature signals. Second, a novel composite sensitivity index (CSI) was introduced, incorporating the trend persistence, monotonicity, and signal complexity to perform preliminary feature screening. Mutual information clustering and regularized entropy weight optimization were then combined to reselect highly sensitive parameters from the initially screened features. Subsequently, an adaptive feature fusion method based on auto-associative kernel regression (AFF-AAKR) was introduced to compress the data in the spatial dimension while enhancing the degradation trend characterization capability of the health indicator (HI) through a temporal residual analysis. Furthermore, the entropy weight method was employed to quantify the information entropy differences between the vibration and temperature signals, enabling dynamic weight allocation to construct a comprehensive HI. Finally, a dual-criteria adaptive bottom-up merging algorithm (DC-ABUM) was proposed, which achieves bearing life-stage identification through error threshold constraints and the adaptive optimization of segmentation quantities. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method outperformed traditional vibration-based life-stage identification approaches.