scholarly journals Structural Health Monitoring of marine structures by using inverse Finite Element Method

2015 ◽  
pp. 355-364
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Marine Structures ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Inverse Finite Element Method ◽  
Element Method

Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method for Modeling of Impedance Based Structural Health Monitoring of 2D Structure

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naserodin Sepehry ◽  
Firooz Bakhtiari-Nejad ◽  
Weidong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
2D Structure ◽  
Scaled Boundary Finite Element ◽  
Element Method

Impedance based structural health monitoring using piezoelectric material is a high frequency method for detection of tiny damage. For modeling of structure in high frequency using conventional finite element method very fine mesh is needed. For large structure, this leads to very large mass and stiffness matrices. So very high RAM is needed to save these matrices and simulation time would be very low. In this paper a method combined finite element method and boundary element method named scaled boundary finite element method is studied for health and cracked 2D structure. Impedance of healthy and cracked structure is compared and verified by finite element method. A good agreement is presented and very low degree of freedom is obtained compared with finite element method.

Application of scaled boundary finite element method for vibration-based structural health monitoring of breathing cracks

2020 ◽  
pp. 107754632096864
Author(s):  
Naserodin Sepehry ◽  
Mohammad Ehsani ◽  
Weidong Zhu ◽  
Firooz Bakhtiari-Nejad
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
Breathing Crack ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Scaled Boundary Finite Element ◽  
Element Method

The dynamic response of the host structure to a high-frequency actuation is usually used for the detection of tiny damage in structures in the form of breathing crack. The simulation of the microcrack’s effect on the response is essential for several damage identification targets. The conventional finite element method suffers from very small mesh size requirements to address the high-frequency problems, resulting in very large mass and stiffness matrices. In this study, the scaled boundary finite element method was applied to model different schemes of structural health monitoring of a structure with breathing cracks based on high-frequency vibration. The scaled boundary finite element method discretizes only the boundary of the model and thus substantially reduces the size of structural matrices. The node-to-node contact strategy was introduced to the scaled boundary finite element method to capture the contact problem that occurs during the vibration of the breathing crack. As breathing crack vibration results in some nonlinear effects, the simulation of three phenomena was of interest: higher harmonic generation, frequency shift, and vibro-acoustic modulation. A shooting method was used for efficient time integration and description of the frequency response function in the nonlinear regime. According to the results, the scaled boundary finite element method is of great power, efficiency, and accuracy to treat the contact problems, especially in high-frequency regimes. Moreover, the nonlinear methods provide certain advantages over the linear techniques in the early detection of incipient damage.

scholarly journals Shape Sensing of a Complex Aeronautical Structure with Inverse Finite Element Method

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1388
Author(s):  
Daniele Oboe ◽  
Luca Colombo ◽  
Claudio Sbarufatti ◽  
Marco Giglio
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Strain Field ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Inverse Finite Element Method ◽  
Shape Sensing ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
High Level ◽  
Element Method

The inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) is receiving more attention for shape sensing due to its independence from the material properties and the external load. However, a proper definition of the model geometry with its boundary conditions is required, together with the acquisition of the structure’s strain field with optimized sensor networks. The iFEM model definition is not trivial in the case of complex structures, in particular, if sensors are not applied on the whole structure allowing just a partial definition of the input strain field. To overcome this issue, this research proposes a simplified iFEM model in which the geometrical complexity is reduced and boundary conditions are tuned with the superimposition of the effects to behave as the real structure. The procedure is assessed for a complex aeronautical structure, where the reference displacement field is first computed in a numerical framework with input strains coming from a direct finite element analysis, confirming the effectiveness of the iFEM based on a simplified geometry. Finally, the model is fed with experimentally acquired strain measurements and the performance of the method is assessed in presence of a high level of uncertainty.

scholarly journals Structural Damage Identification Based on Integrated Utilization of Inverse Finite Element Method and Pseudo-Excitation Approach

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 606
Author(s):  
Tengteng Li ◽  
Maosen Cao ◽  
Jianle Li ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Hao Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Displacement Measurement ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Position Measurement ◽  
Inverse Finite Element Method ◽  
Pseudo Excitation ◽  
Element Method

The attempt to integrate the applications of conventional structural deformation reconstruction strategies and vibration-based damage identification methods is made in this study, where, more specifically, the inverse finite element method (iFEM) and pseudo-excitation approach (PE) are combined for the first time, to give rise to a novel structural health monitoring (SHM) framework showing various advantages, particularly in aspects of enhanced adaptability and robustness. As the key component of the method, the inverse finite element method (iFEM) enables precise reconstruction of vibration displacements based on measured dynamic strains, which, as compared to displacement measurement, is much more adaptable to existing on-board SHM systems in engineering practice. The PE, on the other hand, is applied subsequently, relying on the reconstructed displacements for the identification of structural damage. Delamination zones in a carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminate are identified using the developed method. As demonstrated by the damage detection results, the iFEM-PE method possesses apparently improved accuracy and significantly enhanced noise immunity compared to the original PE approach depending on displacement measurement. Extensive parametric study is conducted to discuss the influence of a variety of factors on the effectiveness and accuracy of damage identification, including the influence of damage size and position, measurement density, sensor layout, vibration frequency and noise level. It is found that different factors are highly correlated and thus should be considered comprehensively to achieve optimal detection results. The application of the iFEM-PE method is extended to better adapt to the structural operational state, where multiple groups of vibration responses within a wide frequency band are used. Hybrid data fusion is applied to process the damage index (DI) constructed based on the multiple responses, leading to detection results capable of indicating delamination positions precisely.

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