Simulation-Based Design of a Guided-Wave Structural Health Monitoring System for a Plate-Stiffener Configuration
Simulation-Based Design of a Guided-Wave Structural Health Monitoring System for a Plate-Stiffener Configuration

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 10

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Through the use of integrated sensing and signal processing for damage detection, structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies are expected to improve system life cycle management. In particular, guided waves have been successfully utilized for damage identification in pipes and other structures. However, the design of guided wave applications becomes significantly more challenging as the geometric complexity of the structure increases. Structural components for aircraft wings, container tanks, and other applications often have one or more substructures that consist of plates with stiffeners. The application of both higher frequency Rayleigh waves and lower frequency Lamb waves were considered for the inspection of a plate-stiffener configuration for fatigue cracks, with each providing advantages and challenges for practical application. The finite element method was used to better understand both mode conversion and scattering characteristics associated with the crack relative to the rib joint geometry. The multi-objective optimization scheme coupled with a parametric numerical model is lastly discussed for SHM design optimization in terms of maximizing the sensitivity of signal processing measures to crack length while minimizing the significance of secondary signals due to the part geometry and a varying material state.

Structural Health Monitoring 2006
Structural Health Monitoring 2006

Author: Alfredo Güemes

Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1458

ISBN-13: 9781932078633

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These proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring held at the Conference Centre in Granada, Spain, in July of 2006 includes four keynote presentations and 170 technical papers written by an international group of contributors. Papers discuss technology and activities related to damage detection and evaluation in engin

Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007
Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007

Author: Tribikram Kundu

Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 704

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Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

Lamb-Wave Based Structural Health Monitoring in Polymer Composites
Lamb-Wave Based Structural Health Monitoring in Polymer Composites

Author: Rolf Lammering

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-08-30

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 3319497154

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The book focuses especially on the application of SHM technology to thin walled structural systems made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics. Here, guided elastic waves (Lamb-waves) show an excellent sensitivity to structural damages so that they are in the center of this book. It is divided into 4 sections dealing with analytical, numerical and experimental fundamentals, and subsequently with Lamb-wave propagation in fiber reinforced composites, SHM-systems and signal processing. The book is designed for engineering students as well as for researchers in the field of structural health monitoring and for users of this technology.

FEM Modeling of Guided Wave Behavior in Integrally Stiffened Plate Structures
FEM Modeling of Guided Wave Behavior in Integrally Stiffened Plate Structures

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 12

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Structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies, which use integrated sensing for damage detection, are expected to improve system reliability, availability, and operational cost. Guided waves can propagate great distances while experiencing low attenuation. They have been successfully used for damage detection in structures of relatively low geometric complexity such as plates and cylindrical pipes. The use of guided waves for this purpose becomes increasingly difficult as the geometric complexity of the structure increases. Aerospace structural components such as fuel tanks, wings, etc. often are comprised of substructures that consist of plates with integral stiffeners. This work reports on finite element simulations of guided waves in integrally stiffened plate structures. In these studies, the guided waves are generated by PZT wafer-type transducers mounted on the structure. Transient dynamic finite element simulations using PZFlex, in 2D and in 3D, were used to model both the structure and transducers. The interaction of the guided waves with cracks, simulated by notches of varying dimensions, is also modeled. This allows appraisal of the sensitivity of various modes for crack detection by providing insight into mode conversion and scattering resulting from the guided wave and crack interaction.

Advances in Structural Health Monitoring
Advances in Structural Health Monitoring

Author: Maguid H.M. Hassan

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1839628723

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The concepts presented in this book are some of the new advancements in the design of structural health monitoring systems. It is envisaged that such advancements will lead to smart structural health monitoring that will result in sustainable engineering systems. Sustainability is considered an important objective in today's engineering design due to the current state of climate change and global warming, both of which are hugely aggravated by industrial and construction activities. This book presents demonstrations of and applications for new advancements such as infrared thermography, ultrasonic guided waves, and strain sensors, among others. The information presented will encourage further research and implementation of these advanced techniques and technologies in structural health monitoring.

Structural Health Monitoring 2011
Structural Health Monitoring 2011

Author: Fu-Kuo Chang

Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 1397

ISBN-13: 160595053X

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This 2-volume set of books, comprising over 2,700 total pages, presents 325 fully original presentations on recent advances in structural health monitoring, as applied to commercial and military aircraft (manned and unmanned), high-rise buildings, wind turbines, civil infrastructure, power plants and ships. One general theme of the books is how SHM can be used for condition-based maintenance, with the goal of developing prediction-based systems, designed to save money over the life of vehicles and structures. A second theme centers on technologies for developing systems comprising sensors, diagnostic data and decision-making, with a focus on intelligent materials able to respond to damage and in some cases repair it. Finally the books discuss the relation among data, data interpretation and decision-making in managing a wide variety of complex structures and vehicles. More recent technologies discussed in the books include SHM and environmental effects, energy harvesting, non-contact sensing, and intelligent networks.Material in these books was first presented in September, 2011 at a conference held at Stanford University and sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. Some of the highlights of the books include: SHM technologies for condition-based maintenance (CBM) and predictive maintenance Verification, validation, qualification, data mining, prognostics systems for decision-making Structural health, sensing and materials in closed-loop intelligent networks Military and aerospace, bioinspired sensors, wind turbines, monitoring with MEMS, damage sensing, hot spot monitoring, SHM and ships, high-rise structures Includes a fully-searchable CD-ROM displaying many figures and charts in full color

European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring
European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring

Author: Piervincenzo Rizzo

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-08

Total Pages: 847

ISBN-13: 3030649083

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This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) and more broadly in the fields of smart materials and intelligent systems. The volume covers highly diverse topics, including signal processing, smart sensors, autonomous systems, remote sensing and support, UAV platforms for SHM, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, and SHM for civil structures and infrastructures. The contributions, which are published after a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists. The contents of this volume reflect the outcomes of the activities of EWSHM (European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring) in 2020.

Structural Health Monitoring For Advanced Composite Structures
Structural Health Monitoring For Advanced Composite Structures

Author: M H Ferri Aliabadi

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2017-12-18

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1786343940

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Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a relatively new and alternative way of non-destructive inspection (NDI). It is the process of implementing a damage detection and characterization strategy for composite structures. The basis of SHM is the application of permanent fixed sensors on a structure, combined with minimum manual intervention to monitor its structural integrity. These sensors detect changes to the material and/or geometric properties of a structural system, including changes to the boundary conditions and system connectivity, which adversely affect the system's performance.This book's primary focus is on the diagnostics element of SHM, namely damage detection in composite structures. The techniques covered include the use of Piezoelectric transducers for active and passive Ultrasonics guided waves and electromechanical impedance measurements, and fiber optic sensors for strain sensing. It also includes numerical modeling of wave propagation in composite structures. Contributed chapters written by leading researchers in the field describe each of these techniques, making it a key text for researchers and NDI practitioners as well as postgraduate students in a number of specialties including materials, aerospace, mechanical and computational engineering.