scholarly journals A frequency‐domain approach for damage detection in welded structures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Ronchei ◽  
Sabrina Vantadori ◽  
Andrea Carpinteri ◽  
Ignacio Iturrioz ◽  
Roberto Issopo Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Welded Structures ◽  
Frequency Domain Approach

scholarly journals Use of Time- and Frequency-Domain Approaches for Damage Detection in Civil Engineering Structures

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. H. Nguyen ◽  
J. Mahowald ◽  
S. Maas ◽  
J.-C. Golinval
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Prestressed Concrete ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Hankel Matrix ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Civil Engineering Structures

The aim of this paper is to apply both time- and frequency-domain-based approaches on real-life civil engineering structures and to assess their capability for damage detection. The methodology is based on Principal Component Analysis of the Hankel matrix built from output-only measurements and of Frequency Response Functions. Damage detection is performed using the concept of subspace angles between a current (possibly damaged state) and a reference (undamaged) state. The first structure is the Champangshiehl Bridge located in Luxembourg. Several damage levels were intentionally created by cutting a growing number of prestressed tendons and vibration data were acquired by the University of Luxembourg for each damaged state. The second example consists in reinforced and prestressed concrete panels. Successive damages were introduced in the panels by loading heavy weights and by cutting steel wires. The illustrations show different consequences in damage identification by the considered techniques.

Response-Only Frequency-Domain Method for Structural Damage Detection

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuncong Zhong ◽  
S. Olutunde Oyadiji
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Frequency Domain Method ◽  
Structural Damage Detection ◽  
Frequency Curve ◽  
Domain Method ◽  
Auxiliary Mass

This paper proposes a response-only method in frequency domain for structural damage detection by using the derivative of natural frequency curve of beam-like structures with a traversing auxiliary mass. The approach just uses the response time history of beam-like structures and does not need the external source of force excitation. The natural frequencies of a damaged beam with a traversing auxiliary mass change due to change in flexibility and inertia of the beam as the auxiliary mass is traversed along the beam. Therefore the auxiliary mass can enhance the effects of the crack on the dynamics of the beam and, therefore, facilitating locating the damage in the beam. That is, the auxiliary mass can be used to probe the dynamic characteristic of the beam by traversing the mass from one end of the beam to the other. However, it is impossible to obtain accurate modal frequencies by the direct operation of the Fast Fourier Transform of the response data of the structure because the frequency spectrum can be only calculated from limited sampled time data which results in the well-known leakage effect. A spectrum correction method is employed to estimate high accurate frequencies of structures with a traversing auxiliary mass. In the present work, the modal responses of damaged simply supported beams with auxiliary mass are computed using the Finite Element Analysis. The graphical plots of the natural frequencies versus axial location of auxiliary mass are obtained. The derivatives of natural frequency curve can provide crack information for damage detection of beam-like structures. However, it is suggested that the derivative do not go beyond the third derivative of natural frequency curves to avoid the difference approximation error which will be magnified at higher derivative. The sensitivity of crack index for different noise, crack depth, auxiliary mass and damping ratio are also investigated. The simulated result demonstrated the efficiency and precision of the response-only frequency-domain method which can be recommended for the real application in structural damage detection.

Application of Cyclic Correlation Analysis to Gear Damage Detection

2009 ◽  
Vol 413-414 ◽  
pp. 621-626
Author(s):  
Zhi Peng Feng ◽  
Ming J. Zuo ◽  
Ru Jiang Hao ◽  
Fu Lei Chu
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Autocorrelation Function ◽  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Lag Time ◽  
Modulation Effect ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Cyclic Frequency ◽  
Gearbox Vibration

The cyclic autocorrelation function is used with regard to the cyclostationarity of gear vibrations in order to extract the modulation features of gearbox vibration signals, and to detect localized gear damage. The properties of the amplitude and frequency modulated signals in the cyclic frequency domain are summarized in order to investigate the differences between the modulation features of normal and faulty gearbox vibration signals. Gear tooth spalling is detected by the presence of many sidebands in a zero-lag time-slice of the cyclic autocorrelation function, thereby indicating an increase in the degree of modulation effect. The damage source is located by the spacing of the sidebands.

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