scholarly journals Optimal sensor placement within a hybrid dense sensor network using an adaptive genetic algorithm with learning gene pool

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Downey ◽  
Chao Hu ◽  
Simon Laflamme

This work develops optimal sensor placement within a hybrid dense sensor network used in the construction of accurate strain maps for large-scale structural components. Realization of accurate strain maps is imperative for improved strain-based fault diagnosis and prognosis health management in large-scale structures. Here, an objective function specifically formulated to reduce type I and II errors and an adaptive mutation-based genetic algorithm for the placement of sensors within the hybrid dense sensor network are introduced. The objective function is based on the linear combination method and validates sensor placement while increasing information entropy. Optimal sensor placement is achieved through a genetic algorithm that leverages the concept that not all potential sensor locations contain the same level of information. The level of information in a potential sensor location is taught to subsequent generations through updating the algorithm’s gene pool. The objective function and genetic algorithm are experimentally validated for a cantilever plate under three loading cases. Results demonstrate the capability of the learning gene pool to effectively and repeatedly find a Pareto-optimal solution faster than its non-adaptive gene pool counterpart.

2020 ◽  
pp. 136943322094719
Author(s):  
Xianrong Qin ◽  
Pengming Zhan ◽  
Chuanqiang Yu ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Yuantao Sun

Optimal sensor placement is an important component of a reliability structural health monitoring system for a large-scale complex structure. However, the current research mainly focuses on optimizing sensor placement problem for structures without any initial sensor layout. In some cases, the experienced engineers will first determine the key position of whole structure must place sensors, that is, initial sensor layout. Moreover, current genetic algorithm or partheno-genetic algorithm will change the position of the initial sensor locations in the iterative process, so it is unadaptable for optimal sensor placement problem based on initial sensor layout. In this article, an optimal sensor placement method based on initial sensor layout using improved partheno-genetic algorithm is proposed. First, some improved genetic operations of partheno-genetic algorithm for sensor placement optimization with initial sensor layout are presented, such as segmented swap, reverse and insert operator to avoid the change of initial sensor locations. Then, the objective function for optimal sensor placement problem is presented based on modal assurance criterion, modal energy criterion, and sensor placement cost. At last, the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed method are validated by a numerical example of a quayside container crane. Furthermore, the sensor placement result with the proposed method is better than that with effective independence method without initial sensor layout and the traditional partheno-genetic algorithm.


2021 ◽  
pp. 147592172110565
Author(s):  
Chungeon Kim ◽  
Hyunseok Oh ◽  
Byung Chang Jung ◽  
Seok Jun Moon

Pipelines in critical engineered facilities, such as petrochemical and power plants, conduct important roles of fire extinguishing, cooling, and related essential tasks. Therefore, failure of a pipeline system can cause catastrophic disaster, which may include economic loss or even human casualty. Optimal sensor placement is required to detect and assess damage so that the optimal amount of resources is deployed and damage is minimized. This paper presents a novel methodology to determine the optimal location of sensors in a pipeline network for real-time monitoring. First, a lumped model of a small-scale pipeline network is built to simulate the behavior of working fluid. By propagating the inherent variability of hydraulic parameters in the simulation model, uncertainty in the behavior of the working fluid is evaluated. Sensor measurement error is also incorporated. Second, predefined damage scenarios are implemented in the simulation model and estimated through a damage classification algorithm using acquired data from the sensor network. Third, probabilistic detectability is measured as a performance metric of the sensor network. Finally, a detectability-based optimization problem is formulated as a mixed integer non-linear programming problem. An Adam-mutated genetic algorithm (AMGA) is proposed to solve the problem. The Adam-optimizer is incorporated as a mutation operator of the genetic algorithm to increase the capacity of the algorithm to escape from the local minimum. The performance of the AMGA is compared with that of the standard genetic algorithm. A case study using a pipeline system is presented to evaluate the performance of the proposed sensor network design methodology.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Hua Yi ◽  
Hong-Nan Li ◽  
Ming Gu

Optimal sensor placement (OSP) technique plays a key role in the structural health monitoring (SHM) of large-scale structures. Based on the criterion of the OSP for the modal test, an improved genetic algorithm, called “generalized genetic algorithm (GGA)”, is adopted to find the optimal placement of sensors. The dual-structure coding method instead of binary coding method is proposed to code the solution. Accordingly, the dual-structure coding-based selection scheme, crossover strategy and mutation mechanism are given in detail. The tallest building in the north of China is implemented to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the GGA. The sensor placements obtained by the GGA are compared with those by exiting genetic algorithm, which shows that the GGA can improve the convergence of the algorithm and get the better placement scheme.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can He ◽  
Jianchun Xing ◽  
Juelong Li ◽  
Qiliang Yang ◽  
Ronghao Wang ◽  
...  

Optimal sensor placement (OSP) is an important part in the structural health monitoring. Due to the ability of ensuring the linear independence of the tested modal vectors, the minimum modal assurance criterion (minMAC) is considered as an effective method and is used widely. However, some defects are present in this method, such as the low modal energy and the long computation time. A new OSP method named IAGA-MMAC is presented in this study to settle the issue. First, a modified modal assurance criterion (MMAC) is proposed to improve the modal energy of the selected locations. Then, an improved adaptive genetic algorithm (IAGA), which uses the root mean square of off-diagonal elements in the MMAC matrix as the fitness function, is proposed to enhance computation efficiency. A case study of sensor placement on a numerically simulated wharf structure is provided to verify the effectiveness of the IAGA-MMAC strategy, and two different methods are used as contrast experiments. A comparison of these strategies shows that the optimal results obtained by the IAGA-MMAC method have a high modal strain energy, a quick computational speed, and small off-diagonal elements in the MMAC matrix.


Author(s):  
Amandeep Singh Bhatia ◽  
Soumya Ranjan Nayak ◽  
T. Ganesan ◽  
Pothuraju Rajarajeswari

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 213-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Yang ◽  
Xuepan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqi Huang ◽  
ZhengAi Cheng ◽  
Xinghua Zhang ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 713-715 ◽  
pp. 1579-1582
Author(s):  
Shao Min Zhang ◽  
Ze Wu ◽  
Bao Yi Wang

Under the background of huge amounts of data in large-scale power grid, the active power optimization calculation is easy to fall into local optimal solution, and meanwhile the calculation demands a higher processing speed. Aiming at these questions, the farmer fishing algorithm which is applied to solve the problem of optimal distribution of active load for coal-fired power units is used to improve the cloud adaptive genetic algorithm (CAGA) for speeding up the convergence phase of CAGA. The concept of cloud computing algorithm is introduced, and parallel design has been done through MapReduce graphs. This method speeds up the calculation and improves the effectiveness of the active load optimization allocation calculation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 1040-1043
Author(s):  
Zhao Xin Huang ◽  
Sai Ma ◽  
Hui Wang

Uniform sound pressure level (SPL) distribution of linear phased loudspeaker array is limited by frequency. This paper widens the applicable frequency band of uniform SPL distribution in a linear listening area. By using an improved adaptive genetic algorithm (which contains a novel objective function, modified genetic operators and parameter setups) to control the directivity pattern details accurately, uniform distribution of SPL on a linear listening line in a wider frequency is achieved. The simulation and experimental results show that the SPLs on the test listening line are basically uniform from 200Hz to 500Hz, which demonstrates that the improvement of adaptive genetic algorithm is effective.


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