The need for multi-sensor data fusion in structural health monitoring of composite aircraft structures

AAR Broer, R Benedictus, D Zarouchas - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the increased use of composites in aircraft, many new successful contributions to the
advancement of the structural health monitoring (SHM) field for composite aerospace …

[HTML][HTML] Strain-based delamination prediction in fatigue loaded CFRP coupon specimens by deep learning and static loading data

D Cristiani, F Falcetelli, N Yue, C Sbarufatti… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) methods for the structural health monitoring (SHM) of
composite structures rely on sufficient domain knowledge as they typically demand to extract …

Structural health monitoring for corrosion induced thickness loss in marine plates subjected to random loads

AS Katsoudas, NE Silionis, KN Anyfantis - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In the highly corrosive environment where marine structures operate, the current industry
practice is to overcompensate for corrosion induced thickness loss (CITL) and replace any …

Reducing false alarms in structural health monitoring systems by exploiting time information via Binomial Distribution Classifier

S Kamali, S Quqa, A Palermo, A Marzani - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an approach for anomaly/damage detection via structural health
monitoring (SHM) systems based on a Binomial Distribution Classifier (BDC). The approach …

Localizability of damage with statistical tests and sensitivity-based parameter clusters

A Mendler, M Döhler, CE Ventura, L Mevel - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Damage localization based on ambient vibration data in combination with finite element
models can be challenging, in particular due to the large number of parameters in the model …

Multi-level damage diagnosis on stiffened composite panels based on a damage-uninformative digital twin

D Milanoski, G Galanopoulos… - Structural Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, a multi-level Structural Health Monitoring methodology for stiffened composite
panels is introduced. A digital twin (DT), that is, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) …

Durability Assessment of Bonded Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Aircraft Health Monitoring Applications

JN Eiras, L Gavérina, JM Roche - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study conducted experimental and numerical investigations on piezoelectric wafer
active sensors (PWASs) bonded to an aluminum plate to assess the impact of bonding …

Qualification of distributed optical fiber sensors using probability of detection curves for delamination in composite laminates

F Falcetelli, D Cristiani, N Yue… - Structural Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the promising application of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (DOFS) in monitoring
damage in composite structures, their implementation outside academia is still …

Probability of detection for corrosion-induced steel mass loss using Fe–C coated LPFG sensors

Y Zhuo, P Ma, C Guo, G Chen - Structural Health Monitoring, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The traditional probability of detection (POD) method, as described in the Department of
Defense Handbook MIL-HDBK-1823A for nondestructive evaluation systems, does not take …

Predictive probability of detection curves based on data from undamaged structures

A Mendler, M Döhler… - Structural Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper develops a model-assisted approach for determining predictive probability of
detection curves. The approach is “model-assisted,” as the damage-sensitive features are …