A One Stage Damage Detection Technique Using Spectral Density Analysis and Parallel Genetic Algorithms

2013 ◽  
Vol 558 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Varmazyar ◽  
Nicholas Haritos ◽  
Michael Kirley ◽  
Tim Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Density ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
One Stage ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Output Only

This paper describes a new global damage identification framework for the continuous/periodic monitoring of civil structures. In order to localize and estimate the severity of damage regions, a one-stage model-based Bayesian probabilistic damage detection approach is proposed. This method, which is based on the response power spectral density of the structure, enjoys the advantage of broadband frequency information and can be implemented on input-output as well as output-only damage identification studies. A parallel genetic algorithm is subsequently used to evolve the optimal model parameters introduced for different damage conditions. Given the complex search space and the need to perform multiple time-consuming objective function evaluations, a parallel meta-heuristic provides a robust optimization tool in this domain. It is shown that this approach is capable of detecting structural damage in both noisy and noise-free environments.

Structural Damage Assessment Using Output-Only Measurement: Localization and Quantification

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Hsiung Loh ◽  
Min-Hsuan Tseng ◽  
Shu-Hsien Chao
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Model Updating ◽  
Null Space ◽  
Singular Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Damage Index ◽  
Computation Efficiency ◽  
Output Only

One of the important issues to conduct the damage detection of a structure using vibration-based damage detection (VBDD) is not only to detect the damage but also to locate and quantify the damage. In this paper a systematic way of damage assessment, including identification of damage location and damage quantification, is proposed by using output-only measurement. Four level of damage identification algorithms are proposed. First, to identify the damage occurrence, null-space and subspace damage index are used. The eigenvalue difference ratio is also discussed for detecting the damage. Second, to locate the damage, the change of mode shape slope ratio and the prediction error from response using singular spectrum analysis are used. Finally, to quantify the damage the RSSI-COV algorithm is used to identify the change of dynamic characteristics together with the model updating technique, the loss of stiffness can be identified. Experimental data collected from the bridge foundation scouring in hydraulic lab was used to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed methods. The computation efficiency of each method is also discussed so as to accommodate the online damage detection.

Sparse damage detection via the elastic net method using modal data

2021 ◽  
pp. 147592172110219
Author(s):  
Rongrong Hou ◽  
Xiaoyou Wang ◽  
Yong Xia
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Elastic Net ◽  
Sensitivity Matrix ◽  
Regularization Technique ◽  
Modal Data ◽  
Regularization Techniques ◽  
Net Method

The l1 regularization technique has been developed for damage detection by utilizing the sparsity feature of structural damage. However, the sensitivity matrix in the damage identification exhibits a strong correlation structure, which does not suffice the independency criteria of the l1 regularization technique. This study employs the elastic net method to solve the problem by combining the l1 and l2 regularization techniques. Moreover, the proposed method enables the grouped structural damage being identified simultaneously, whereas the l1 regularization cannot. A numerical cantilever beam and an experimental three-story frame are utilized to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results showed that the proposed method is able to accurately locate and quantify the single and multiple damages, even when the number of measurement data is much less than the number of elements. In particular, the present elastic net technique can detect the grouped damaged elements accurately, whilst the l1 regularization method cannot.

A Multi-State Strategy for Structural Damage Detection Using Sensitivity of Weighted Transmissibility Function

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150144
Author(s):  
Ziwei Luo ◽  
Huanlin Liu ◽  
Ling Yu
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Model Updating ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Structural Damage Detection ◽  
State Strategy ◽  
Output Only

In practice, a model-based structural damage detection (SDD) method is helpful for locating and quantifying damages with the aid of reasonable finite element (FE) model. However, only limited information in single or two structural states is often used for model updating in existing studies, which is not reasonable enough to represent real structures. Meanwhile, as an output-only damage indicator, transmissibility function (TF) is proven to be effective for SDD, but it is not sensitive enough to change in structural parameters. Therefore, a multi-state strategy based on weighted TF (WTF) is proposed to improve sensitivity of TF to change in parameters and in order to further obtain a more reasonable FE model for SDD in this study. First, WTF is defined by TF weighted with element stiffness matrix, and relationships between WTFs and change in structural parameters are established based on sensitivity analysis. Then, a multi-state strategy is proposed to obtain multiple structural states, which is used to reasonably update the FE model and detect structural damages. Meanwhile, due to fabrication errors, a two-stage scheme is adopted to reduce the global and local discrepancy between the real structure and the FE model. Further, the [Formula: see text]-norm and the [Formula: see text]-norm regularization techniques are, respectively, introduced for both model updating and SDD problems by considering the characteristics of problems. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by a simply supported beam in numerical simulations and a six-storey frame in laboratory. From the simulation results, it can be seen that the sensitivity to structural damages can be improved by the definition of WTF. For the experimental studies, compared with the FE model updated from the single structural state, the FE model obtained by the multi-state strategy has an ability to more reasonably describe the change of states in the frame. Moreover, for the given structural damages, the proposed method can detect damage locations and degrees accurately, which shows the validity of the proposed method and the reliability of the updated FE model.

scholarly journals Structural Damage Identification Based on the Minimum System Realization and Sensitivity Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
W. R. Li ◽  
Y. F. Du ◽  
S. Y. Tang ◽  
L. J. Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Frame Structure ◽  
Structural Damage Detection ◽  
System Realization ◽  
Minimum System

On the basis of the thought that the minimum system realization plays the role as a coagulator of structural information and contains abundant information on the structure, this paper proposes a new method, which combines minimum system realization and sensitivity analysis, for structural damage detection. The structural damage detection procedure consists of three steps: (1) identifying the minimum system realization matrixes A, B, and R using the structural response data; (2) defining the mode vector, which is based on minimum system realization matrix, by introducing the concept of the measurement; (3) identifying the location and severity of the damage step by step by continuously rotating the mode vector. The proposed method was verified through a five-floor frame model. As demonstrated by numerical simulation, the proposed method based on the combination of the minimum realization system and sensitivity analysis is effective for the damage detection of frame structure. This method not only can detect the damage and quantify the damage severity, but also is not sensitive to the noise.

Study on Damage Location of Spatial Structures Based on Wavelet Analysis of Model Strain Energy

2013 ◽  
Vol 639-640 ◽  
pp. 1033-1037
Author(s):  
Yong Mei Li ◽  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Guo Fu Sun ◽  
Bo Yan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Wavelet Analysis ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Damage Identification ◽  
Damage Index ◽  
Structural Damage Detection ◽  
Modal Strain Energy ◽  
Wavelet Method ◽  
Long Span

The research to identify and locate the damage to the engineering structure mainly aimed at some simple structure forms before, such as beam and framework. Damage shows changes of local characteristics of the signal, while wavelet analysis can reflect local damage traits of the signal in time domain and frequency domain. For confirming the validity and applicability of structural damage identification methods, wavelet analysis is used to spatial structural damage detection. The wavelet analysis technique provides new ideas and methods of spatial steel structural damage detection. Based on the theory of wavelet singularity detection，with the injury signal of modal strain energy as structural damage index，the mixing of the modal strain energy and wavelet method to identify and locate the damage to the spatial structure is considered. The multiplicity of the bars and nodes can be taken into account, and take the destructive and nondestructive modal strain energy of Kiewitt-type reticulated shell with 40m span as an example of numerical simulation，the original damage signal and the damage signal after wavelet transformation is compared. The location of the declining stiffness identified by the maximum of wavelet coefficients，analyzed as signal by db1 wavelet，and calculate the graph relation between coefficients of the wavelets and the damage to the structure by discrete or continuous wavelet transform, and also check the accuracy degree of this method with every damage case. Finally，the conclusion is drawn that the modal strain energy and wavelet method to identify and locate the damage to the long span reticulated shell is practical, effective and accurate, that the present method as a reliable and practical way can be adopted to detect the single and several locations of damage in structures.

scholarly journals Structural Damage Detection by Power Spectral Density Estimation Using Output-Only Measurement

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-Taik Lee ◽  
Hee-Chang Eun
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Density ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Density Estimation ◽  
Power Spectral Density ◽  
Frequency Resolution ◽  
Noise Effect ◽  
Spectral Density Estimation ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Output Only ◽  
Power Spectral Density Estimation

Most damage detection methods have difficulty in detecting damage using only measurement data due to the existence of external noise. It is necessary to reduce the noise effect to obtain accurate information and to detect damage by the output-only measurement without baseline data at intact state and input data. This work imported the power spectral density estimation (PSE) of a signal to reduce the noise effect. By estimating the PSE to characterize the frequency content of the signal, this study proposes a damage detection method to trace the damage by the curvature of the PSE. Two numerical applications examine the applicability of the proposed method depending on a window function, frequency resolution, and the number of overlapping data in the PSE method. The knowledge obtained from the numerical applications leads to a series of experiments that substantiate the potential of the proposed method.

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