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He Xufei¹, Deng Zhongmin², Song Zhitao¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 193-208, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.193
Abstract This paper describes an information optimizing scheme which is developed by integrating rough set and hierarchical data fusion. The novel structural damage indices are extracted using the information from different sources and then imported into probabilistic neural network (PNN) for classification and health assessment. In order to enhance the accuracy of diagnosis, results from separate PNN classification are fused to achieve comprehensive decision. Rough set is employed to decrease the spatial dimension of data. The predictive accuracy of optimizing scheme is demonstrated on a helicopter, taken as an example, with varied sensors, for multiple damage More >

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K.N. Song¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 209-222, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.209
Abstract A PHE (Process Heat Exchanger) is a key component in transferring the high temperature heat generated from a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) to the chemical reaction for the massive production of hydrogen. A performance test on a small-scale PHE prototype made of Hastelloy-X is currently under way a small-scale gas loop at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Previous research on the elastic high-temperature structural analysis of the small-scale PHE prototype has been performed using the parent material properties over the whole region. In this study, an elastic-plastic high-temperature structural analysis considering the mechanical More >

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P.H. Wen¹, M.H. Aliabadi²
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 223-248, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.223
Abstract A mesh-free method for modelling crack growth in functionally graded materials is presented. Based on the variational principle of the potential energy, mesh-free method has been implemented with enriched radial bases interpolation functions to evaluate mixed-mode stress intensity factors, which are introduced to capture the singularity of stress at the crack tip. Paris law and the maximum principle stress criterion are adopted for defining the growth rate and direction of the fatigue crack growth respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method is assessed by comparison to other available solutions. More >

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Leandro Fleck Fadel Miguel¹, Letícia Fleck Fadel Miguel²
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 249-270, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.249
Abstract Model updating may be defined as an adjustment on the FE model through modal parameters experimentally obtained, in order to better represent its dynamic behavior. From this definition, structural health monitoring (SHM) methods can be considered closely related with these procedures, because it refers to the implementation of in situ non-destructive sensing and analysis of the dynamic system characteristics, which aims to detect changes that could indicate damage. Within this context, the present paper evaluates an iterative model updating approach when it is subjected to experimental vibration data. In addition, after getting the experimental adjusted… More >

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A. Rama Mohan Rao¹, S. Krishna Kumar¹, K. Lakshmi¹
Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 271-294, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.271
Abstract Current advancements in structural health monitoring, sensor and sensor network technologies have encouraged using large number of sensor networks in monitoring spatially large civil structures like bridges. Large amount of spatial information obtained from these sensor networks will enhance the reliability in truly assessing the state of the health of the structure. However, if sensors go faulty during operation, the feature extraction techniques embedded into SHM scheme may lead to an erroneous conclusion and often end up with false alarms. Hence it is highly desirable to robustly detect the faulty sensors, isolate and correct the… More >

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