Structural Health Monitoring Procedure for Composite Structures through the use of Artificial Neural Networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
A. Alaimo ◽  
A. Barracco ◽  
A. Milazzo ◽  
C. Orlando
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Monitoring Procedure ◽  
Artificial Neural

Artificial Neural Networks for Structural Health Monitoring of Helicopter Harsh Landings

2013 ◽  
Vol 390 ◽  
pp. 192-197
Author(s):  
Giorgio Vallone ◽  
Claudio Sbarufatti ◽  
Andrea Manes ◽  
Marco Giglio
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Damage State ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Artificial Neural

The aim of the current paper is to explore fuselage monitoring possibilities trough the usage of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), trained by the use of numerical models, during harsh landing events. A harsh landing condition is delimited between the usual operational conditions and a crash event. Helicopter structural damage due to harsh landings is generally less severe than damage caused by a crash but may lead to unscheduled maintenance events, involving costs and idle times. Structural Health Monitoring technologies, currently used in many application fields, aim at the continuous detection of damage that may arise, thereby improving safety and reducing maintenance idle times by the disposal of a ready diagnosis. A landing damage database can be obtained with relatively little effort by the usage of a numerical model. Simulated data are used to train various ANNs considering the landing parameter values as input. The influence of both the input and output noise on the system performances were taken into account. Obtained outputs are a general classification between damaged and undamaged conditions, based on a critical damage threshold, and the reconstruction of the fuselage damage state.

scholarly journals Crack Propagation Analysis Using Acoustic Emission Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Kral ◽  
Walter Horn ◽  
James Steck
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Aerospace Systems ◽  
Acoustic Emission Sensors ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The Difference

Aerospace systems are expected to remain in service well beyond their designed life. Consequently, maintenance is an important issue. A novel method of implementing artificial neural networks and acoustic emission sensors to form a structural health monitoring (SHM) system for aerospace inspection routines was the focus of this research. Simple structural elements, consisting of flat aluminum plates of AL 2024-T3, were subjected to increasing static tensile loading. As the loading increased, designed cracks extended in length, releasing strain waves in the process. Strain wave signals, measured by acoustic emission sensors, were further analyzed in post-processing by artificial neural networks (ANN). Several experiments were performed to determine the severity and location of the crack extensions in the structure. ANNs were trained on a portion of the data acquired by the sensors and the ANNs were then validated with the remaining data. The combination of a system of acoustic emission sensors, and an ANN could determine crack extension accurately. The difference between predicted and actual crack extensions was determined to be between 0.004 in. and 0.015 in. with 95% confidence. These ANNs, coupled with acoustic emission sensors, showed promise for the creation of an SHM system for aerospace systems.

scholarly journals Damage Identification for Large Span Structure Based on Multiscale Inputs to Artificial Neural Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lu ◽  
Jun Teng ◽  
Yan Cui
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Noisy Environments ◽  
Large Span ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Artificial Neural

In structural health monitoring system, little research on the damage identification from different types of sensors applied to large span structure has been done in the field. In fact, it is significant to estimate the whole structural safety if the multitype sensors or multiscale measurements are used in application of structural health monitoring and the damage identification for large span structure. A methodology to combine the local and global measurements in noisy environments based on artificial neural network is proposed in this paper. For a real large span structure, the capacity of the methodology is validated, including the decision on damage placement, the discussions on the number of the sensors, and the optimal parameters for artificial neural networks. Furthermore, the noisy environments in different levels are simulated to demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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