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    Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) System Trade Space Analysis

    Salman A. Albinali1, David R. Jacques2
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2014, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2014.010.001
    Abstract An analytic approach to exploring the tradespace associated with Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems is presented. Modeling and simulation of the life cycle of a legacy aircraft and the expected operational and maintenance events that could occur is shown. A focus on the SHM system detection of a significant crack length and the possibility of False Alarm (FA), miss detection and mishap events is investigated. The modeling approach allows researchers to explore the tradespace associated with safe and critical crack lengths, sensor thresholds, scheduled maintenance intervals, falsely triggered maintenance actions, and mishaps due to missed detections. As one might expect,… More >

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    Electromechanical Impedance Method for the Health Monitoring of Bonded Joints: Numerical Modelling and Experimental Validation

    Vincenzo Gulizzi1,2, Piervincenzo Rizzo2,3, Alberto Milazzo4
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 19-54, 2014, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2014.010.019
    Abstract The electromechanical impedance (EMI) method is one of the many nondestructive evaluation approaches proposed for the health monitoring of aerospace, civil, and mechanical structures. The method consists of attaching or embedding one or more wafer-type piezoelectric transducers (PZTs) to the system of interest, the host structure, and measuring certain electrical characteristics of the transducers. As these characteristics are also related to the impedance of the host structure, they can be used to infer the mechanical properties of the monitored structure. In the study presented in this paper, we utilize the EMI to monitor the quality of adhesively bonded joints. A… More >

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    Fault Diagnosis of Helical Gear Box using Variational Mode Decomposition and Random Forest Algorithm

    Akhil Muralidharan1,2, V. Sugumaran1, K.P Soman3, M. Amarnath4
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 55-80, 2014, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2014.010.055
    Abstract Gears are machine elements that transmit motion by means of successively engaging teeth. In purely scientific terms, gears are used to transmit motion. A faulty gear is a matter of serious concern as it affects the functionality of a machine to a great extent. Thus it is essential to diagnose the faults at an initial stage so as to reduce the losses that might be incurred. This necessitates the need for continuous monitoring of the gears. The vibrations produced by gears from good and simulated faulty conditions can be effectively used to detect the faults in these gears. The introduction… More >

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    Vibration Based Fault Diagnosis of a Hydraulic Brake System using Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD)

    R. Jegadeeshwaran1, V. Sugumaran2, K.P. Soman3
    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 81-97, 2014, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2014.010.081
    Abstract In automobile, brake system is an essential part responsible for control of the vehicle. Vibration signals of a rotating machine contain the dynamic information about its health condition. Many research papers have reported the suitability of vibration signals for fault diagnosis applications. Many of them are based on (Fast Fourier Transform) FFT, which have their own drawback with nonstationary signals. Hence, there is a need for development of new methodologies to infer diagnostic information from such non stationary signals. This paper uses vibration signals acquired from a hydraulic brake system under good and simulated faulty conditions for the purpose of… More >

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