Lifu He¹, Zhongchu Huang¹, Haidong Shao^2,*, Zhangbo Hu¹, Yuting Wang¹, Jie Mei¹, Xiaofei Zhang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.073227 - 12 January 2026

Abstract Deep learning-based wind turbine blade fault diagnosis has been widely applied due to its advantages in end-to-end feature extraction. However, several challenges remain. First, signal noise collected during blade operation masks fault features, severely impairing the fault diagnosis performance of deep learning models. Second, current blade fault diagnosis often relies on single-sensor data, resulting in limited monitoring dimensions and ability to comprehensively capture complex fault states. To address these issues, a multi-sensor fusion-based wind turbine blade fault diagnosis method is proposed. Specifically, a CNN-Transformer Coupled Feature Learning Architecture is constructed to enhance the ability to More >

Tao Zhang^1,*, Hailun Wang¹, Tianyue Wang¹, Tian Tian²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.072696 - 12 January 2026

Abstract The critical components of gas turbines suffer from prolonged exposure to factors such as thermal oxidation, mechanical wear, and airflow disturbances during prolonged operation. These conditions can lead to a series of issues, including mechanical faults, air path malfunctions, and combustion irregularities. Traditional model-based approaches face inherent limitations due to their inability to handle nonlinear problems, natural factors, measurement uncertainties, fault coupling, and implementation challenges. The development of artificial intelligence algorithms has provided an effective solution to these issues, sparking extensive research into data-driven fault diagnosis methodologies. The review mechanism involved searching IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect,… More >

Md. Ehsanul Haque¹, Md. Nurul Absur², Fahmid Al Farid³, Md Kamrul Siam⁴, Jia Uddin^5,*, Hezerul Abdul Karim^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.071771 - 12 January 2026

Abstract Manual inspection of onba earing casting defects is not realistic and unreliable, particularly in the case of some micro-level anomalies which lead to major defects on a large scale. To address these challenges, we propose BearFusionNet, an attention-based deep learning architecture with multi-stream, which merges both DenseNet201 and MobileNetV2 for feature extraction with a classification head inspired by VGG19. This hybrid design, figuratively beaming from one layer to another, extracts the enormity of representations on different scales, backed by a pre-preprocessing pipeline that brings defect saliency to the fore through contrast adjustment, denoising, and edge… More >

Atheer Aleran¹, Hanan Almukhalfi¹, Ayman Noor¹, Reyadh Alluhaibi², Abdulrahman Hafez³, Talal H. Noor^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.070741 - 12 January 2026

Abstract Modern industrial environments require uninterrupted machinery operation to maintain productivity standards while ensuring safety and minimizing costs. Conventional maintenance methods, such as reactive maintenance (i.e., run to failure) or time-based preventive maintenance (i.e., scheduled servicing), prove ineffective for complex systems with many Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors because they fall short in detecting faults at early stages when it is most crucial. This paper presents a predictive maintenance framework based on a hybrid deep learning model that integrates the capabilities of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Networks and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). The framework… More >

Nghia Dinh¹, Vinh Truong Hoang^1,*, Viet-Tuan Le¹, Kiet Tran-Trung¹, Ha Duong Thi Hong¹, Bay Nguyen Van¹, Hau Nguyen Trung¹, Thien Ho Huong¹, Kittikhun Meethongjan^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069587 - 12 January 2026

Abstract Ensuring the reliability of power transmission networks depends heavily on the early detection of faults in key components such as insulators, which serve both mechanical and electrical functions. Even a single defective insulator can lead to equipment breakdown, costly service interruptions, and increased maintenance demands. While unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) enable rapid and cost-effective collection of high-resolution imagery, accurate defect identification remains challenging due to cluttered backgrounds, variable lighting, and the diverse appearance of faults. To address these issues, we introduce a real-time inspection framework that integrates an enhanced YOLOv10 detector with a Hybrid Quantum-Enhanced More >

Zhuang Liu^#, Mingwei Ren, Kai Shi^*, Peifeng Xu

Energy Engineering, Vol.123, No.1, 2026, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.069480 - 27 December 2025

Abstract Grid-Forming (GFM) converters are prone to fault-induced overcurrent and power angle instability during grid fault-induced voltage sags. To address this, this paper develops a multi-loop coordinated fault ride-through (FRT) control strategy based on a power outer loop and voltage-current inner loops, aiming to enhance the stability and current-limiting capability of GFM converters during grid fault conditions. During voltage sags, the GFM converter’s voltage source behavior is maintained by dynamically adjusting the reactive power reference to provide voltage support, thereby effectively suppressing the steady-state component of the fault current. To address the active power imbalance induced… More >

Bo Zhu^1,#, Enzhi Dong^1,#, Zhonghua Cheng^1,*, Xianbiao Zhan², Kexin Jiang¹, Rongcai Wang ³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-26, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069194 - 10 November 2025

Abstract With the increasing complexity of industrial automation, planetary gearboxes play a vital role in large-scale equipment transmission systems, directly impacting operational efficiency and safety. Traditional maintenance strategies often struggle to accurately predict the degradation process of equipment, leading to excessive maintenance costs or potential failure risks. However, existing prediction methods based on statistical models are difficult to adapt to nonlinear degradation processes. To address these challenges, this study proposes a novel condition-based maintenance framework for planetary gearboxes. A comprehensive full-lifecycle degradation experiment was conducted to collect raw vibration signals, which were then processed using a… More >

Yingyong Zou^*, Yu Zhang, Long Li, Tao Liu, Xingkui Zhang

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-24, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.068246 - 10 November 2025

Abstract Fault diagnosis of rolling bearings is crucial for ensuring the stable operation of mechanical equipment and production safety in industrial environments. However, due to the nonlinearity and non-stationarity of collected vibration signals, single-modal methods struggle to capture fault features fully. This paper proposes a rolling bearing fault diagnosis method based on multi-modal information fusion. The method first employs the Hippopotamus Optimization Algorithm (HO) to optimize the number of modes in Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) to achieve optimal modal decomposition performance. It combines Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) to extract temporal features… More >

Lei Han^1,*, Wanyu Ye¹, Chunfang Liu², Shihua Huang¹, Chun Chen³, Luxin Zhan³, Siyuan Liang³

Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.12, pp. 4947-4969, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.069040 - 27 November 2025

Abstract In contemporary medium-voltage distribution networks heavily penetrated by distributed energy resources (DERs), the harmonic components injected by power-electronic interfacing converters, together with the inherently intermittent output of renewable generation, distort the zero-sequence current and continuously reshape its frequency spectrum. As a result, single-line-to-ground (SLG) faults exhibit a pronounced, strongly non-stationary behaviour that varies with operating point, load mix and DER dispatch. Under such circumstances the performance of traditional rule-based algorithms—or methods that rely solely on steady-state frequency-domain indicators—degrades sharply, and they no longer satisfy the accuracy and universality required by practical protection systems. To overcome… More >

Kunjabihari Swain¹, Murthy Cherukuri^1,*, Indu Sekhar Samanta², Bhargav Appasani^3,*, Nicu Bizon^4,5, Mihai Oproescu⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.2, pp. 1993-2015, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.067121 - 26 November 2025

Abstract Transmission line faults pose a significant threat to power system resilience, underscoring the need for accurate and rapid fault identification to facilitate proper resource monitoring, economic loss prevention, and blackout avoidance. Extreme learning machine (ELM) offers a compelling solution for rapid classification, achieving network training in a single epoch. Leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) and the virtual instrumentation capabilities of LabVIEW, ELM can enable the swift and precise identification of transmission line faults. This paper presents a regularized radial basis function (RBF) ELM-based fault detection and classification system for transmission lines, utilizing a LabVIEW More >