Structural Damage Identification Using Free Response Measured by a Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer System

2017 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Y. F. Xu ◽  
Da-Ming Chen ◽  
W. D. Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Scanning Laser ◽  
Free Response ◽  
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Structural Damage Identification

scholarly journals Operational modal analysis using lifted continuously scanning laser Doppler vibrometer measurements and its application to baseline-free structural damage identification

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1341-1364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.F. Xu ◽  
Da-Ming Chen ◽  
W.D. Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Scanning Laser ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
White Noise Excitation

A continuously scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (CSLDV) system is capable of efficient and spatially dense vibration measurements by sweeping its laser spot along a scan path assigned on a structure. This paper proposes a new operational modal analysis (OMA) method based on a data processing method for CSLDV measurements of a structure, called the lifting method, under white-noise excitation and applies a baseline-free method to identify structural damage using estimated mode shapes from the OMA method. The lifting method enables transformation of raw CSLDV measurements into measurements at individual virtual measurement points, as if the latter were made by use of an ordinary scanning laser Doppler vibrometer in a step-wise manner. It is shown that a correlation function with nonnegative time delays between lifted CSLDV measurements at two virtual measurement points on a structure under white-noise excitation and its power spectrum contain modal parameters of the structure, that is, natural frequencies, modal damping ratios, and mode shapes. The modal parameters can be estimated by using a standard OMA algorithm. A major advantage of the proposed OMA method is that curvature mode shapes associated with mode shapes estimated by the method can reflect local anomaly caused by small-sized structural damage, while those estimated by other existing OMA methods that use CSLDV measurements cannot. Numerical and experimental investigations are conducted to study the OMA method and baseline-free structural damage identification method. In the experimental investigation, effects of the scan frequency of a CSLDV system on the two methods were studied. It is shown in both the numerical and experimental investigations that modal parameters can be accurately estimated by the OMA method and structural damage can be successfully identified in neighborhoods with consistently high values of curvature damage indices.

Operational Modal Analysis and Damage Identification of Structures Undergoing Random Vibration Using a Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Ming Chen ◽  
Y. F. Xu ◽  
W. D. Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Scanning Laser ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
White Noise Excitation

A continuously scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (CSLDV) system is capable of efficient and spatially dense vibration measurements by sweeping its laser spot along a scan path assigned on a structure. This paper proposes a new operational modal analysis (OMA) method based on a data processing method for CSLDV measurements of a structure, called the lifting method, under white-noise excitation and applies a baseline-free method to identify structural damage using estimated mode shapes from the OMA method. The lifting method enables transformation of raw CSLDV measurements into measurements at individual virtual measurement points, as if the latter were made by use of an ordinary scanning laser Doppler vibrometer in a step-wise manner. It is shown that a correlation function with non-negative time delays between lifted CSLDV measurements of two virtual measurement points on a structure under white-noise excitation and its power spectrum contain modal parameters of the structure, i.e., natural frequencies, modal damping ratios and mode shapes. The modal parameters can be estimated by using a standard OMA algorithm. A major advantage of the proposed OMA method is that curvature mode shapes associated with mode shapes estimated by the method can reflect local anomaly caused by small-sized structural damage, while those estimated by other existing OMA methods that use CSLDV measurements cannot. Numerical and experimental investigations are conducted to study the OMA method and baseline-free structural damage identification method. In the experimental investigation, effects of the scan frequency of a CSLDV system on the two methods were studied. It is shown in both the numerical and experimental investigations that modal parameters can be accurately estimated by the OMA method and structural damage can be successfully identified in neighborhoods with consistently high values of curvature damage indices.

Damage Identification Using a Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer System

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Ming Chen ◽  
Y. F. Xu ◽  
W. D. Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Damage Identification ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Damage Index ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Scanning Laser ◽  
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The Difference

A continuously scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (CSLDV) system is capable of rapidly obtaining spatially dense operating deflection shapes (ODSs) by continuously sweeping a laser spot from the system over a structure surface. This paper presents a new damage identification methodology for beams that uses their ODSs under sinusoidal excitation obtained by a CSLDV system, where baseline information of associated undamaged beams is not needed. A curvature damage index (CDI) is proposed to identify damage near a region with high values of the CDI at an excitation frequency. The CDI uses the difference between curvatures of ODSs associated with ODSs that are obtained by two different CSLDV measurement methods, i.e., demodulation and polynomial methods; the former provides rapid and spatially dense ODSs of beams, and the latter provides ODSs that can be considered as those of associated undamaged beams. Phase variables are introduced to the two methods for damage identification purposes. The proposed damage identification methodology was experimentally validated on a beam with damage in the form of machined thickness reduction. The damage and its region were successfully identified in neighborhoods of prominent peaks of CDIs at different excitation frequencies.

scholarly journals Damage Identification of Beams Using a Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer System

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Ming Chen ◽  
Y. F. Xu ◽  
W. D. Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Damage Identification ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Damage Index ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Scanning Laser ◽  
Polynomial Method ◽  
Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer

A continuously scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (CSLDV) system is capable of rapidly obtaining spatially dense operating deflection shapes (ODSs) by continuously sweeping a laser spot from the system over a structure surface. This paper presents a new damage identification methodology for beams that uses their ODSs under sinusoidal excitation obtained by a CSLDV system, where baseline information of associated undamaged beams is not needed. A curvature damage index (CDI) is proposed to identify damage near a region with high values of the CDI at an excitation frequency. The CDI uses the difference between curvatures of ODSs (CODSs) associated with ODSs that are obtained by two different CSLDV measurement methods, i.e., demodulation and polynomial methods; the former provides rapid and spatially dense ODSs of beams, and the latter provides ODSs that can be considered as those of associated undamaged beams. Phase variables are introduced to the two methods for damage identification purposes. Effects of the order in the polynomial method on qualities of ODSs and CODSs are investigated. A convergence index and a criterion are proposed to determine a proper order in the polynomial method. Effects of scan and sampling frequencies of a CSLDV system on qualities of ODSs and CODSs from the two measurement methods are investigated. The proposed damage identification methodology was experimentally validated on a beam with damage in the form of machined thickness reduction. The damage and its region were successfully identified in neighborhoods of prominent peaks of CDIs at different excitation frequencies.

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