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Advanced Detection Technologies and Interpretable Machine Learning Methods in Energy Infrastructure

Submission Deadline: 31 December 2025 View: 1385 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Dr. Qi Xiao
Email: xiaoqi1@shanghaitech.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China

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Research Interests: Structural integrity assessment

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Dr. Bo Zhao
Email: bozhao@cityu.edu.hk

Affiliation: School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, China

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Research Interests: Fault Diagnosis, Information Fusion, Condition Monitoring
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Dr. Rongbiao Wang
Email: wangrongbiao@nchu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Nanchang Hangkong University, School of Instrument Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, 330063, China

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Research Interests: Electromagnetic testing
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Dr. Gaige Ru
Email: r.gg@uestc.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 611731, China
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Research Interests: Electromagnetic non-destructive testing, intelligent equipment, RFID wireless transmission
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Dr. Shaoxuan Zhang
Email: zhangsx@lzjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 730070, China

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Research Interests: Magnetic flux leakage, Graph Neural Network

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Summary

As infrastructure systems become increasingly complex and subject to variable operational conditions, there is a pressing need for innovative detecting and monitoring approaches that can ensure the safety and reliability of infrastructure systems, while providing clear, actionable insights for stakeholders. The significance of this research lies in its ability to enhance the reliability and safety of critical structures by leveraging advanced data analytics, machine learning, and electromagnetic sensing techniques.


This special issue focuses on recent advancements in the detection and monitoring across the critical structures of infrastructure systems. This research area integrates advanced sensing technologies, intelligent algorithms, and data analytics to monitor and assess the condition of equipment, structures, and operational systems. The sensing technologies and intelligent algorithms developed for this purpose leverage big data to analyze and interpret vast amounts of sensor data. These algorithms enable real-time condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and early warning systems for potential failures. By analyzing patterns in structural behavior, equipment performance, and operational parameters, these systems can identify anomalies and predict deterioration before critical failures occur. This special issue aims to explore methodologies that not only capture and analyze detection data but also ensure that the resulting models and predictions remain interpretable to engineers and decision-makers. Contributions from researchers and practitioners are welcomed to share their insights, novel methodologies, and case studies that advance the field.


Suggested themes shall be listed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Advanced electromagnetic sensing techniques

- Multi-sensor integration and data fusion

- Health monitoring and facility maintenance for railway track

- Condition assessment and defect detection for nuclear fuel assembly

- Techniques for enhancing interpretability in machine learning models applied to SHIM

Methods for uncertainty quantification and risk assessment in intelligent SHM systems


Keywords

Sensing techniques; data fusion method; interpretability for machine learning models

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Deep Learning-Based Health Assessment Method for Benzene-to-Ethylene Ratio Control Systems under Incomplete Data

    Huichao Cao, Honghe Du, Dongnian Jiang, Wei Li, Lei Du, Jianfeng Yang
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1305-1325, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.066002
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Detection Technologies and Interpretable Machine Learning Methods in Energy Infrastructure)
    Abstract In the production processes of modern industry, accurate assessment of the system’s health state and traceability non-optimal factors are key to ensuring “safe, stable, long-term, full load and optimal” operation of the production process. The benzene-to-ethylene ratio control system is a complex system based on an MPC-PID double-layer architecture. Taking into consideration the interaction between levels, coupling between loops and conditions of incomplete operation data, this paper proposes a health assessment method for the dual-layer control system by comprehensively utilizing deep learning technology. Firstly, according to the results of the pre-assessment of the system layers… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Dual-Stream Deep Learning for Health Monitoring of HDPE Geomembranes in Landfill Containment Systems

    Yuhao Zhang, Peiqiang Zhao, Xing Chen, Shaoxuan Zhang, Xinglin Zhang
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1343-1365, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.066558
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Detection Technologies and Interpretable Machine Learning Methods in Energy Infrastructure)
    Abstract The structural integrity monitoring of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes in landfill containment systems presents a critical engineering challenge due to the material’s vulnerability to mechanical degradation and the complex vibration propagation characteristics in large-scale installations. This study proposes a dual-stream deep learning framework that synergistically integrates raw vibration signal analysis with physics-guided feature extraction to achieve precise rupture detection and localization. The methodology employs a hierarchical neural architecture comprising two parallel branches: a 1D convolutional network processing raw accelerometer signals to capture multi-scale temporal patterns, and a physics-informed branch extracting material-specific resonance features through continuous More >

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