scholarly journals Crack Detection in Folded Plates With Back-Propagated Artificial Neural Network

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Gonenli ◽  
Oguzhan Das ◽  
Duygu Bagci Das
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Crack Detection ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Detection Model ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Destructive Methods

Abstract Engineering structures may face various damages such as crack, delamination, and fatigue in several circumstances. Localizing such damages becomes essential to understand the health of the structures since they may not be able to operate anymore. Among the damage detection techniques, non-destructive methods are considerably more preferred than destructive methods since damage can be located without affecting the structural integrity. However, these methods have several drawbacks in terms of detecting abilities, time consumption, cost, and hardware or software requirements. Employing artificial intelligence techniques could overcome such issues and could provide a powerful damage detection model if the technique is utilized correctly. In this study, the crack localization in flat and folded plate structures has been conducted by employing a Back-propagated Artificial Neural Network (BPANN). For this purpose, cracks with 18 different dimensions have been modeled in flat and four different folded structures by utilizing the Finite Element Method. The dataset required to perform the crack localization procedure includes the first ten natural frequencies of all structures as input variables. As output variables, the dataset contains a total of 500 crack locations for five structures. It is concluded that the BPANN can localize all cracks with an average accuracy of 95.12%.

Damage Detection of Offshore Platform Mooring Line Using Artificial Neural Network

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djoni E. Sidarta ◽  
Jim O’Sullivan ◽  
Ho-Joon Lim
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Station Keeping ◽  
Mooring Lines ◽  
Artificial Neural

Station-keeping using mooring lines is an important part of the design of floating offshore platforms, and has been used on most types of floating platforms, such as Spar, Semi-submersible, and FPSO. It is of great interest to monitor the integrity of the mooring lines to detect any damaged and/or failures. This paper presents a method to train an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for damage detection of mooring lines based on a patented methodology that uses detection of subtle shifts in the long drift period of a moored floating vessel as an indicator of mooring line failure, using only GPS monitoring. In case of an FPSO, the total mass or weight of the vessel is also used as a variable. The training of the ANN model employs a back-propagation learning algorithm and an automatic method for determination of ANN architecture. The input variables of the ANN model can be derived from the monitored motion of the platform by GPS (plus vessel’s total mass in case of an FPSO), and the output of the model is the identification of a specific damaged mooring line. The training and testing of the ANN model use the results of numerical analyses for a semi-submersible offshore platform with twenty mooring lines for a range of metocean conditions. The training data cover the cases of intact mooring lines and a damaged line for two selected adjacent lines. As an illustration, the evolution of the model at various training stages is presented in terms of its accuracy to detect and identify a damaged mooring line. After successful training, the trained model can detect with great fidelity and speed the damaged mooring line. In addition, it can detect accurately the damaged mooring line for sea states that are not included in the training. This demonstrates that the model can recognize and classify patterns associated with a damaged mooring line and separate them from patterns of intact mooring lines for sea states that are and are not included in the training. This study demonstrates a great potential for the use of a more general and comprehensive ANN model to help monitor the station keeping integrity of a floating offshore platform and the dynamic behavior of floating systems in order to forecast problems before they occur by detecting deviations in historical patterns.

Damage detection in steel-concrete composite bridge using vibration characteristics and artificial neural network

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1247-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Xin Tan ◽  
David P. Thambiratnam ◽  
Tommy H. T. Chan ◽  
Meisam Gordan ◽  
Hashim Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Vibration Characteristics ◽  
Composite Bridge ◽  
Artificial Neural

An effective method for damage assessment based on limited measured locations in skeletal structures

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parsa Ghannadi ◽  
Seyed Sina Kourehli
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Truss Structures ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Modal Test ◽  
Artificial Neural

This article proposes a new damage detection method using Modal Test Analysis Model and artificial neural networks. A challenge in damage detection problems is lack of measured degrees of freedom, as well as limitations of attached sensors. Modal Test Analysis Model has been used in order to estimate unmeasured degrees of freedom. An experimental cantilever beam was used to show Modal Test Analysis Model’s efficiency in estimation of unmeasured mode shapes. To solve the inverse problem of damage detection, mode shapes estimated by Modal Test Analysis Model were used as inputs, and characteristics of the damage served as outputs of the artificial neural network. The sensitivity analysis carried out for each example showing the performance of artificial neural network after mode shape expansion was efficiently improved. Three numerical examples for plane and space truss structures are considered, in order to verify effectiveness of the proposed method. Results demonstrate a high accuracy of Modal Test Analysis Model and artificial neural network for structural damage detection.

Vibration–Based Damage Detection Of Slab Structure Using Artificial Neural Network

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhisham Bakhary
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Severity Prediction ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann

Kertas kerja ini memaparkan kajian berkenaan keberkesanan Artificial Neural Network (ANN) dalam mengenal pasti kerosakan di dalam struktur. Data dari getaran seperti frekuensi semula jadi dan mod bentuk digunakan sebagai data masukan bagi ANN untuk meramalkan lokasi dan tahap kerosakan bagi struktur lantai. Analisis unsur terhingga (Finite Element Analysis) telah digunakan untuk memperoleh ciri–ciri dinamik bagi struktur–struktur rosak dan tidak rosak untuk ‘melatih’ model ‘neural network’. Senario kerosakan yang berbeza disimulasikan dengan mengurangkan kekukuhan elemen pada lokasi yang berbeza sepanjang struktur tersebut. Berbagai kombinasi data masukan bagi mod yang berbeza telah digunakan untuk memperolehi model ANN yang terbaik. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan ANN mampu memberikan keputusan yang baik dalam meramal kerosakan pada struktur lantai tersebut. Kata kunci: Ramalan kerosakan struktur, Artificial Neural Network This paper investigates the effectiveness of artificial neural network (ANN) in identifying damages in structures. Global (natural frequencies) and local (mode shapes) vibration–based data has been used as the input to ANN for location and severity prediction of damages in a slab–like structure. A finite element analysis has been used to obtain the dynamic characteristics of intact and damaged structure to train the neural network model. Different damage scenarios have been introduced by reducing the local stiffness of the selected elements at different locations along the structure. Several combinations of input variables in different modes have been used in order to obtain a reliable ANN model. The trained ANN model is validated using laboratory test data. The results show that ANN is capable of providing acceptable result on damage prediction of tested slab structure. Key words: Structural damage detection, artificial neural network

A Comparison of Artificial Neural Network Learning Algorithms for Vibration-Based Damage Detection

2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 2756-2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goh Lyn Dee ◽  
Norhisham Bakhary ◽  
Azlan Abdul Rahman ◽  
Baderul Hisham Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Conjugate Gradient ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Neural Network Learning ◽  
Marquardt Algorithm ◽  
Levenberg Marquardt ◽  
Artificial Neural

This paper investigates the performance of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) learning algorithms for vibration-based damage detection. The capabilities of six different learning algorithms in detecting damage are studied and their performances are compared. The algorithms are Levenberg-Marquardt (LM), Resilient Backpropagation (RP), Scaled Conjugate Gradient (SCG), Conjugate Gradient with Powell-Beale Restarts (CGB), Polak-Ribiere Conjugate Gradient (CGP) and Fletcher-Reeves Conjugate Gradient (CGF) algorithms. The performances of these algorithms are assessed based on their generalisation capability in relating the vibration parameters (frequencies and mode shapes) with damage locations and severities under various numbers of input and output variables. The results show that Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm provides the best generalisation performance.

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