Rotating machinery response is often characterized by the presence of periodic impulses modulated by high-frequency components. The fault information is often hidden in its envelope signal which is unilateral when demodulated. Conventional stochastic resonance with a symmetric potential cannot always contain the signal’s original features especially the asymmetry. In this article, a step-varying asymmetric stochastic resonance system for impulsive signal denoising and recovery as well as the rotating machine fault diagnosis is proposed to further improve the impulsive signal-to-noise ratio. In the method, the asymmetry of step-varying asymmetric stochastic resonance can match the unilateral impulsive signal well to generate an optimal dynamic system by selecting proper system parameters and degree of asymmetry. Systems with different simulated or experimental signals are also studied to verify its effectiveness and availability. Results indicate that the step-varying asymmetric stochastic resonance performs much better in detection of impulsive signal than the conventional stochastic resonance with merits of good frequency response, anti-noise capability, adaptability to asymmetric signal and original waveform preserving.
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