Acoustic emission–based impact location estimation on composite structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1652-1668
Author(s):  
Jingru Zhou ◽  
V John Mathews ◽  
Daniel O Adams
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Impact Location ◽  
The Impact

In this article, an acoustic emission–based impact location estimation algorithm is presented for use with composite structures. The algorithm is formulated as a constrained optimization problem by utilizing sensor locations and times of arrival of impact signals at the sensors. The impact locations are estimated without any information about wave propagation velocity in the structure. A modification of the algorithm to overcome difficulties produced by waveform reflections enables accurate estimation of impact locations close to the structure’s boundaries. The capability of this algorithm to accurately estimate impact locations is demonstrated numerically and experimentally. Experiments performed at different temperatures showed that the algorithm is robust to temperature changes. An automatic time-of-arrival estimation method is also presented. The performance capabilities of the method and its computational simplicity make this approach an attractive alternative to other methods available in the literature for practical structural health monitoring applications.

scholarly journals Improved energy detection receiver for ranging in IEEE 802.15.4a standard

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Abdelmadjid Maali ◽  
Geneviève Baudoin ◽  
Ammar Mesloub
Keyword(s):  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Energy Detection ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Power Delay Profile ◽  
Wideband Signals ◽  
Toa Estimation ◽  
Ieee 802.15.4A

In this paper, we propose a novel energy detection (ED) receiver architecture combined with time-of-arrival (TOA) estimation algorithm, compliant to the IEEE 802.15.4a standard. The architecture is based on double overlapping integrators and a sliding correlator. It exploits a series of ternary preamble sequences with perfect autocorrelation property. This property ensures coding gain, which allows an accurate estimation of power delay profile (PDP). To improve TOA estimation, the interpolation of PDP samples is proposed and the architecture is validated by using an ultra-wideband signals measurements platform. These measurements are carried out in line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight multipath environments. The experimental results show that the ranging performances obtained by the proposed architecture are higher than those obtained by the conventional architecture based on a single-integrator in both LOS and NLOS environments.

Determination of impact events on a plate-like composite structure

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (1228) ◽  
pp. 984-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Xu ◽  
Y. Wang ◽  
Y. Cai ◽  
Z. Wu ◽  
W. Peng
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structures ◽  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Flat Glass ◽  
Time History ◽  
Identification Algorithm ◽  
Impact Location ◽  
Force Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Impact Events

ABSTRACTComposite materials have been increasingly used in aircraft structures. However, these composite structures are susceptible to damage from external low-velocity impacts. In this paper, an impact identification algorithm is proposed to estimate the impact location and force time history simultaneously. A localisation method based on basis vectors is proposed, and the impact force time history is reconstructed by simplified transfer functions. The basis vector stands for the relationship between the impact location and the sensor signals, and the transfer function shows the relationship of the sensor signal and the force time history. An experiment is conducted on a flat glass fibre-epoxy matrix composite plate to verify the developed algorithm using only four sensors. The soft impactor and hard impactor are two typical impactors for impact events; therefore, the impact experiment is performed by the rubber and the steel impactors, respectively. The experimental results indicate that the proposed algorithm is feasible for the identification of impact events on plate-like composite structures.

scholarly journals GPS Derived Seismic Signals for Far Field Earthquake Epicenter Location Estimation

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Sha’ameri A.Z. ◽  
Wan Aris W.A. ◽  
Musa T.A.
Keyword(s):  
Estimation Method ◽  
Seismic Signal ◽  
The United States ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
United States Geological Survey ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Epicenter Location

A reliable epicenter estimation method is proposed for Global Positioning System (GPS) derived seismic signal for far-field regional earthquake. The main contribution is the use of time-frequency analysis to estimate the time of arrival (TOA) using multilateration technique. The data from the 2004 Sumatra Andaman earthquake captured from four GPS continuously operating reference stations (GPS CORS) were used in the analysis. To validate the accuracy of the proposed method, the estimated epicenter location was compared with the data released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The estimated location shows an error of about 0.0572 degrees in latitude and 0.2848 degrees in longitude. The proposed analysis method could complement existing seismometer measurements, improve in understanding of geo-seismic phenomena, and plan future infrastructure development.

scholarly journals TAM and MUSIC Approach for Impact-Source Localization under Deformation Conditions

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 3151
Author(s):  
Zhenghao Zhang ◽  
Yongteng Zhong ◽  
Jiawei Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Source Localization ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Laminate Plate ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
Polar Coordinates ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Estimation Accuracy ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
The Impact

As an impact-source-localization technique, Lamb waves are commonly used to detect low-velocity impact in composite structures. However, the performance of Lamb waves is susceptible under deformation conditions. In this paper, a novel approach combined the Toeplitz approximation method (TAM) and multiple-signal classification (MUSIC) (TAM-MUSIC) to improve impact-source-localization (angle and distance in polar coordinates) accuracy under deformation conditions. The method divided a two-dimensional search of direction and distance into two one-dimensional searches. The impact direction was calculated by the TAM, which was introduced into the steering vector of MUSIC to estimate the distance by scanning the whole monitoring area. An epoxy laminate plate experiment showed that the phase and amplitude of uniform linear-array signals had different average plate curvature that led to poor impact-source-localization accuracy using the MUSIC method. TAM provided high-resolution direction-finding capability, suitable for the pretreatment of Lamb waves. Results showed that the present method, with a small amount of computation and low memory requirement, had higher location-estimation accuracy than that of traditional methods under deformation conditions.

scholarly journals MS Location Estimation Based on the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 5597
Author(s):  
Chien-Sheng Chen ◽  
Jen-Fa Huang ◽  
Nan-Chun Huang ◽  
Kai-Sheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Objective Function ◽  
Artificial Bee Colony ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Mobile Station ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Localization Accuracy ◽  
Abc Algorithm ◽  
Bee Colony

With the mature technology of wireless communications, the function of estimating the mobile station (MS) position has become essential. Suppressing the bias resulting from non-line-of-sight (NLSO) scenarios is the main issue for a wireless location network. The artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm, based on the depiction of bee swarm’s foraging characteristics, is widely applied to solve optimization problems in several fields. Based on three measurements of time-of-arrival (TOA), an objective function is used to quantify the additional NLOS error on the MS positioning scheme. The ABC algorithm is adopted to locate the most precise MS location by minimizing the objective function value. The performance of the proposed positioning methods is verified under various error distributions through computer simulations. Meanwhile, the localization accuracy achieved by other existing methods is also investigated. According to the simulation results, accurate estimation of the MS position is derived and therefore the efficiency of the localization process is increased.

Comparison Approach of Intersection Distances for Advanced TOA Trilateration

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suk-Seung Hwang ◽  
Sajina Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Station ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Intersection Point ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Estimation Errors ◽  
Small Circle ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Shortest Distance

The time of arrival trilateration method is one of the representative algorithms for the location detection technology, which estimates the location of mobile station (MS) at a unique intersection point of three circles with radiuses corresponding to distances between MS and base stations (BSs) and centers corresponding to coordinates of BSs. However, there may be serious estimation errors, when they do not meet at a point because the estimated radiuses of them are increased. The solutions for reducing the estimation position error in the main case of meeting three circles with the extended radius have been recently provided as the shortest distance algorithm and the line intersection algorithm. In general, they have good performance for the location estimation, but they may have serious errors in some cases. In this paper, we propose the efficient location estimation algorithm for the specific case of two large circles and one relatively small circle, which is located in the area of two large circles. In this case, there are six intersections in total based on the three extended circles and a small circle has four intersections with two large circles. The proposed approach compares four distances based on four neighboring intersections and selects the shortest one. Finally, it determines the averaged coordinate of two intersections corresponding to the shortest distance, as the location of MS. The location-estimating performance of the proposed algorithm is illustrated by the computer simulation example.

scholarly journals Multichannel Real-Time Electronics Platform for the Estimation of the Error in Impact Localization With Different Piezoelectric Sensors Density

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Capineri ◽  
Andrea Bulletti ◽  
Eugenio Marino Merlo
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Error Function ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
Position Estimation ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensors ◽  
Signal Acquisition ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Impact Location ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Localization

The work presents a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) electronic system with real-time ac-quisition and processing for the determination of impact location in laminates. The novelty of this work is the quantitative evaluation of impact location errors using the Lamb wave guided mode S0, captured and processed in real-time by up to eight piezoelectric sensors. The differential time of arrival is used to minimize an error function for the position estimation. The impact energy is correlated to the amplitudes of the antisymmetric (A0 ) mode and the electronic design is de-scribed to avoid saturation for signal acquisition. The same electronic is designed to acquire symmetric (S0 ) low level signals by adequate gain, bandwidth and signal to noise ration. Such signals propagate into a 1.4mm thick aluminum laminate at the group velocity of 5150m/s with frequency frequency components above 270kHz and can be discriminated from the A0 mode to calculate accurately the differential arrival time. The results show that the error is not improved better than S0 wavelength in impact localization by using six out of eight sensors connected to the electronic system.

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