The paper discusses the benefits of quadratic convolutional networks (QCNN) for the extraction of features from periodic and non-stationary signals.
QCNN employs a convolution kernel to convolve over a signal segment, performing cross-correlation and autocorrelation operations crucial for noise cancellation in bearing fault vibration signals.
Bearing fault signals are considered second-order cyclostationary signals with periodicity in their autocorrelation function.
The quadratic neuron in QCNN enhances fault-related signals from noise by combining cross-correlation and autocorrelation functions.