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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)"”.
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Optimal sensor placement in structural health monitoring (SHM) with a field application on a RC bridge
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a research field that targets detecting and locating damage in structures. The main objective of SHM is to detect damage at its onset and inform authorities about the type, nature and location of the damage in the structure. Successful SHM requires deploying …
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Backface strain as an index to detect damage initiation and propagation in composite adhesively bonded joints (From manufacturing and mechanical characterization of specimens to simulation, estimation of adhesive fracture properties, and Structural health monitoring (SHM) of joints)
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Identification of civil structural parameters using the extended Kalman filter
… the context of civil and industrial structures, structural control and damage detection have recently become an area of great interest. The safety of a structure is always the most important issue for structural engineers, and to achieve this goal, the discipline of Structural Health Monitoring …
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Experimental Detection and Quantitative Interrogation of Damage in a Jointed Composite Structure
… substantial attention toward the development of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for multidisciplinary applications. Research is motivated by catastrophic failures of operational systems which may have been avoided with the prior implementation of a successful damage prediction method. …
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Methodology for innovative health monitoring of aerospace structures using dynamic response measurements and advanced signal processing techniques
… work is to develop an innovative system for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of aerospace composite structures based on dynamic strain measurements in order to identify in an exhaustive way the structural state condition. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) optical sensors will be used for the …
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Structural Damage Assessment Using Artificial Neural Networks and Artificial Immune Systems
<p>Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems have been technologically advancing over the past few years. Improvements in fabrication and microelectronics allow the development of highly sophisticated sensor arrays, capable of detecting and transmitting an unprecedented amount of data. As the …
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Towards and embeddable structural health monitoring sensor : design and optimization of MEMS piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters
Wireless structural health monitoring (SHM) has gained considerable interest as a potential method of reducing aircraft maintenance costs while increasing safety. Distributed power supplies for the sensing nodes are needed for a practical implementation of this technique. Vibrational energy …
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Intelligent Transportation Systems and Virtual Reality as Technology Accelerators for Smart Infrastructure Monitoring
… transportation systems (ITS) to the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) for bridge infrastructures and develops a virtual reality (VR) platform as a technology accelerator. In the proposed SHM method, video recordings of traffic are captured using traffic cameras and processed using a …
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3D damage mapping and segmentation using neural radiance fields and advanced deep learning techniques
This thesis introduces a novel approach to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) by integrating deep learning with advanced 3D reconstruction techniques, focusing on the efficient analysis of bridge structures for achieving digital twin in SHM. Traditional photogrammetry faces challenges in accurately …
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Leveraging Gaussian Process Sampling for Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization in Engineering Design
… analysis (GSA), optimization, and automated structural health monitoring (SHM). Gaussian processes (GPs) are proposed as a promising solution to this challenge. GPs inherently facilitate efficient sampling strategies, enabling informed decision-making under uncertainty by extracting …
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Structural health monitoring in commercial aviation
… aircraft is through implementation of a structural health monitoring (SHM) system. An ideal SHM would be able to give be capable of indicating damage type, location, severity, and estimate the remaining life of the structure while the structure is in use. This paper is an overview of how …
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Durability testing of an aircraft structural health monitoring system
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an emerging technology leading to systems capable of continuously monitoring structures for damage. Aerospace structures have one of the highest payoffs for SHM systems because damage can lead to catastrophic and expensive failures. Prior work in SHM has …
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Technology and application of structural health monitoring in bridges
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has become a useful tool for detecting when the characteristics of a structure have changed to indicate damage such that well-timed and effective maintenance may be planned and the remaining performance capacity may be assessed. SHM has also lead to a better …
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Low-Power System Design for Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring
Maintenance of the structural integrity and damage detection are critical for all massive and complicated new and aging structures. A structural health monitoring (SHM) system intends to identify damage on the structure under monitoring, so that necessary action can be taken in advance to avoid …
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Video based structural health monitoring using virtual visual sensors
Structural health monitoring (SHM) has become a viable tool to provide owners of structures and mechanical systems with quantitative and objective data for maintenance and repair. Traditionally, discrete contact sensors such as strain gages or accelerometers have been used for SHM. However, …
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Developing a Self-Powered, Wireless Damage Detection System for Structural Health Monitoring Applications
… in this manuscript introduces an independent structural health monitoring (SHM) system capable of performing impedance-based testing and detecting shifts in resonant frequencies. This independent structural health monitoring system incorporates a low power wireless transmitter that sends a …
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Solar energy harvesting and software enhancements for autonomous wireless smart sensor networks
… said infrastructure is critical in maintaining healthy society. Wireless smart sensors (WSSs) provide a means to effectively monitor the performance of buildings and bridges to improve maintenance practices, minimize the costs of repair, and improve public safety through a process called …
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Development of Structural Health Monitoring Systems Incorporating Acoustic Emission Detection for Spacecraft and Wind Turbine Blades
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the science and technology of monitoring and can assess the condition of aerospace, civil, and mechanical infrastructures using a sensing system integrated into the structure. SHM is capable of detecting, locating, and quantifying various types of damage such …
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Embeddable Multi-Material Wireless Micro-Sensors Utilizing Additive Manufacturing and Enhanced Microstructure
… microsensors offers transformative potential for structural health monitoring (SHM) in aerospace applications. This work integrates additive manufacturing (AM) techniques with advanced microstructural design to produce flexible, high-resolution sensors that can be directly embedded into polymer …
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MATLAB implementation of an operational modal analysis technique for vibration-based structural health monitoring
Vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) has become an attractive solution for the global monitoring and evaluation of damage in structures. Numerous damage detection schemes used in vibration-based SHM require knowledge of the modal properties of the structure under evaluation in its …
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