A. Brasiliano¹, W.R. Souza², G.N. Doz³, J.L.V. Brito⁴

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 53-66, 2008, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2008.004.053

Abstract It can be observed that usually, during structures useful life they are submitted to deterioration processes that, depending on the intensity, may affect their performance and load capacity and, as a result, their safety. In this case, it is necessary to accomplish an inspection in order to evaluate the conditions of the structure and to locate and quantify the intensity of the damage. Another important point is to study the behavior of brittle material beams with cracks, as an attempt of understanding the rupture mechanism and crack propagation phenomenon. In this paper, the Residual Error Method (Genovese, 2000) is applied… More >

C.P. Providakis¹, M.E. Voutetaki

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 211-228, 2007, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2007.003.211

Abstract Piezoceramic transducers have emerged as new tools for the health monitoring of large-scale structures due to their advantages of active sensing, low cost, quick response, availability in different shapes, and simplicity for implementations. In the present paper, a statistical metamodeling utilization of electro-mechanical (E/M) admittance approach by applying piezoelectric materials to the damage identification is investigated. A response surface metamodel is constructed by empirically fitting a model to a set of design points chosen using a Box-Behnken design of experiment (simulation) technique. This empirical fit allows polynomial models to be produced for relating damage parameter such that stiffness reduction to… More >

Yajie Sun^1,2,*, Yanqing Yuan², Qi Wang², Sai Ji^1,2, Lihua Wang³, Shaoen Wu⁴, Jie Chen², Qin Zhang²

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2019.05788

Abstract A method is proposed based on the transmissibility function and the Online Sequence Extreme Learning Machine (OS-ELM) algorithm, which is applied to the impact damage of composite materials. First of all, the transmissibility functions of the undamaged signals and the damage signals at different points are calculated. Secondly, the difference between them is taken as the damage index. Finally, principal component analysis (PCA) is used to reduce the noise feature. And then, input to the online sequence limit learning neural network classification to identify damage and confirm the damage location. Taking the amplitude of the transmissibility function instead of the… More >

A. Kroworz¹, A. Katunin^1,*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.12, No.1, pp. 1-18, 2018, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2018.012.001

Abstract Non-destructive testing (NDT) of structures is one of the most important tasks of the proper maintenance and diagnosis of machines and constructions structural condition. NDT methods contribute to the damage tolerance philosophy used in the aircraft design methodology as well as many other operation and maintenance programs of machinery and constructions. The following study is focusing on overviewing an important group of NDT methods: the optical and other ones, which found broad applicability in scientific and industrial studies nowadays. The paper discusses the selected most widely applicable methods, namely, visual testing, ultrasonic testing, radiographic testing, infrared thermography as well as… More >