Reliable Mode Shape Expansion Method for Error Localisation and Model Updating

Author(s):  
Philippe Collignon ◽  
Jean-Claude Golinval

Abstract Failure detection and model updating using structural model are based on the comparison of an appropriate indicator of the discrepancy between experimental and analytical results. The reliability of the expansion of measured mode shapes is very important for the process of error localization and model updating. Two mode shape expansion techniques are examined in this paper : the well known dynamic expansion (DE) method and a method based on the minimisation of errors on constitutive equations (MECE). A new expansion method based on some improvements of the previous techniques is proposed to obtain results that are more reliable for error localisation and for model updating. The relative performance of the different expansion methods is demonstrated on the example of a cantilever beam.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
C. Zang ◽  
H. B. Lan ◽  
D. D. Jiang ◽  
M. I. Friswell

A novel approach for mode shape feature extraction and model updating of axisymmetric structures based on radial Tchebichef moment (RTM) descriptors is proposed in this study. The mode shape features extracted by RTM descriptors can effectively compress the full-field modal vibration data and retain the most important information. The reconstruction of mode shapes using RTM descriptors can accurately describe the mode shapes, and the simulation shows that the RTM function is superior to Zernike moment function in terms of its mathematical properties and its shape reconstruction ability. In addition, the proposed modal correlation coefficient of the RTM amplitude can overcome the main disadvantage of using the modal assurance criterion (MAC), which has difficulty in identifying double or close modes of symmetric structures. Furthermore, the model updating of axisymmetric structures based on RTM descriptors appears to be more efficient and effective than the normal model updating method directly using modal vibration data, avoids manipulating large amounts of mode shape data, and speeds up the convergence of updating parameters. The RTM descriptors used in correlation analysis and model updating are demonstrated with a cover of an aeroengine rig. The frequency deviation between the test and the FE model was reduced from 17.13% to 1.23% for the first 13 modes via the model updating process. It verified the potential to industrial application with the proposed method.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ø. Ø. Jull ◽  
Sandro D. R. Amador ◽  
Anders Skafte ◽  
Jannick B. Hansen ◽  
Manuel L. Aenlle ◽  
...  

In this paper, it is described how the matrix mixing model updating technique can be combined with the local correspondence (LC) mode shape expansion algorithm, to give a new finite element (FE) model updating method. The matrix mixing method uses that the inverse mass and stiffness matrices can be expressed as a linear combination of outer products of FE mode shape vectors, where the low-frequency part of these sums are substituted with expanded test modes. The approach is meant to update FE models in one-step and is exact, except for the following two approximations: the mode shape smoothing and the mass scaling of the expanded experimental mode shapes. A simulation study illustrates the errors from the two approximations and shows the ability of the technique to improve the modal assurance criterion (MAC) values so that they get very close to unity. Finally, the performance of the proposed updating method is assessed by means of an application example in which the FE model is updated based on the test modes of a real structure.


Author(s):  
Dapeng Zhu ◽  
Yang Wang

In order to obtain a more accurate finite element (FE) model for a built structure, experimental data collected from the actual structure can be used to update the FE model. This process is known as FE model updating. Numerous FE model updating algorithms have been developed in the past few decades. However, most existing algorithms suffer computational challenges, particularly when applied to a large structure with dense measurements. The reason is these approaches usually operate on a relatively complicated model for the entire structure. To address this issue, a substructure updating approach is presented in this paper. The Craig-Bampton theory is adopted to condense the entire structural model into a substructure (currently being analyzed) and a residual structure. Dynamic response of the residual structure is approximated using only a limited number of dominant mode shapes. To improve the convergence of this substructure approach for model updating, an iterative convex optimization procedure is developed and validated through numerical simulation with a 200 degrees-of-freedom spring-mass model. The proposed substructure model updating is shown to successfully detect the locations and severities of simulated damage.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akbar Esfandiari ◽  
Maryam Vahedi

The necessity of detecting structural damages in an early stage has led to the development of various procedures for structural model updating. In this regard, sensitivity-based model updating methods utilizing mode shape data are known as effective tools. For this purpose, accurate estimation of the mode shape changes is desired to achieve successful model updating. In this paper, Wang’s method is improved by including measured natural frequencies of the damaged structure in derivation of the sensitivity equation. The sensitivity equation is then solved using an incomplete subset of mode shape data in evaluation of the changes of the structural parameters. A comparative study of the results obtained by the proposed method with those by the modal method for a truss and a frame model indicated that the former is significantly more effective for damage detection than the latter. Furthermore, the capability of the proposed method for model updating in the presence of measurement and mass modeling errors is investigated.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Lipsey ◽  
Y. W. Kwon

Abstract Damage reduces the flexural stiffness of a structure, thereby altering its dynamic response, specifically the natural frequency, damping values, and the mode shapes associated with each natural frequency. Considerable effort has been put into obtaining a correlation between the changes in these parameters and the location and amount of the damage in beam structures. Most numerical research employed elements with reduced beam dimensions or material properties such as modulus of elasticity to simulate damage in the beam. This approach to damage simulation neglects the non-linear effect that a crack has on the different modes of vibration and their corresponding natural frequencies. In this paper, finite element modeling techniques are utilized to directly represent an embedded crack. The results of the dynamic analysis are then compared to the results of the dynamic analysis of the reduced modulus finite element model. Different modal parameters including both mode shape displacement and mode shape curvature are investigated to determine the most sensitive indicator of damage and its location.


Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nizar Faisal Alkayem ◽  
Maosen Cao ◽  
Minvydas Ragulskis

Structural damage detection is a well-known engineering inverse problem in which the extracting of damage information from the dynamic responses of the structure is considered a complex problem. Within that area, the damage tracking in 3D structures is evaluated as a more complex and difficult task. Swarm intelligence and evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can be well adapted for solving the problem. For this purpose, a hybrid elitist-guided search combining a multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO), Lévy flights (LFs), and the technique for the order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) is evolved in this work. Modal characteristics are employed to develop the objective function by considering two subobjectives, namely, modal strain energy (MSTE) and mode shape (MS) subobjectives. The proposed framework is tested using a well-known benchmark model. The overall strong performance of the suggested method is maintained even under noisy conditions and in the case of incomplete mode shapes.


Author(s):  
Mürüvvet Sinem Sicim ◽  
Metin Orhan Kaya

The main goal of this study is the optimization of vibration reduction on helicopter blade by using macro fiber composite (MFC) actuator under pressure loading. Due to unsteady aerodynamic conditions, vibration occurs mainly on the rotor blade during forward flight and hover. High level of vibration effects fatigue life of components, flight envelope, pleasant for passengers and crew. In this study, the vibration reduction phenomenon on helicopter blade is investigated. 3D helicopter blade model is used to perform the aeroelastic behavior of a helicopter blade. Blade design is created by Spaceclaim and finite element analysis is conducted by ANSYS 19.0. Generated model are solved via Fluent by using two-way fluid-solid coupling analysis, then the analyzed results (all aerodynamic loads) are directly transferred to the structural model. Mechanical results (displacement etc.) are also handed over to the Fluent analysis by helping fluid-structure interaction interface. Modal and harmonic analysis are performed after FSI analysis. Shark 120 unmanned helicopter blade model is used with NACA 23012 airfoil. The baseline of the blade structure consists of D spar made of unidirectional Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer +45°/−45° GFRP skin. MFC, which was developed by NASA’s Langley Research Center for the shaping of aerospace structures, is applied on both upper and lower surfaces of the blade to reduce the amplitude in the twist mode resonant frequency. D33 effect is important for elongation and to observe twist motion. To foresee the behavior of the MFC, thermo-elasticity analogy approach is applied to the model. Therefore, piezoelectric voltage actuation is applied as a temperature change on ANSYS. The thermal analogy is validated by using static behavior of cantilever beam with distributed induced strain actuators. Results for cantilever beam are compared to experimental results and ADINA code results existing in the literature. The effects of fiber orientation of MFC actuator and applied voltage on vibration reduction on helicopter blade are represented. The study shows that torsion mode determines the optimum placement of actuators. Fiber orientation of the MFC has few and limited influences on results. Additionally, the voltage applied on MFC has strong effects on the results and they must be selected according to applied model.


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