Virtual patients for mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit

C Zhou, JG Chase, J Knopp, Q Sun, M Tawhai… - Computer Methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a core intensive care unit (ICU) therapy.
Significant inter-and intra-patient variability in lung mechanics and condition makes …

Support vector machines for automated modelling of nonlinear structures using health monitoring results

C Zhou, JG Chase, GW Rodgers - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is backwards analysis of past to current state of damage,
but cannot create a structure-specific nonlinear model for forward analysis of future …

Over-distension prediction via hysteresis loop analysis and patient-specific basis functions in a virtual patient model

Q Sun, JG Chase, C Zhou, MH Tawhai… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective Recruitment maneuvers (RMs) with subsequent positive-end-
expiratory-pressure (PEEP) have proven effective in recruiting lung volume and preventing …

A new adaptive algorithm for automated feature extraction in exponentially damped signals for health monitoring of smart structures

H Qarib, H Adeli - Smart Materials and Structures, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper authors introduce a new adaptive signal processing technique for feature
extraction and parameter estimation in noisy exponentially damped signals. The iterative 3 …

Degradation evaluation of lateral story stiffness using HLA-based deep learning networks

C Zhou, JG Chase, GW Rodgers - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Hysteresis loop analysis (HLA) has proven an effective indicator of damage detection in civil
engineering structural health monitoring (SHM). In this paper, the histogram of stiffness …

Real-world application of hysteresis loop analysis for stiffness identification of an instrumented building across multiple seismic events

M Rabiepour, C Zhou, GW Rodgers… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The BNZ building in Wellington, New Zealand was significantly damaged, and eventually
demolished, due to the cumulative impact of three main earthquakes between 2013 and …

Damage assessment by stiffness identification for a full-scale three-story steel moment resisting frame building subjected to a sequence of earthquake excitations

C Zhou, JG Chase, GW Rodgers, C Iihoshi - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
This research experimentally investigates a practical hysteresis loop analysis method for
damage assessment through stiffness identification using a full scale three-story steel …

Reconstructing asynchrony for mechanical ventilation using a hysteresis loop virtual patient model

C Zhou, JG Chase, Q Sun, J Knopp, MH Tawhai… - BioMedical Engineering …, 2022 - Springer
Background Patient-specific lung mechanics during mechanical ventilation (MV) can be
identified from measured waveforms of fully ventilated, sedated patients. However …

Comparing model-based adaptive LMS filters and a model-free hysteresis loop analysis method for structural health monitoring

C Zhou, JG Chase, GW Rodgers, C Xu - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The model-free hysteresis loop analysis (HLA) method for structural health monitoring
(SHM) has significant advantages over the traditional model-based SHM methods that …

Model‐reference health monitoring of hysteretic building structure using acceleration measurement with test validation

J Shan, W Shi, X Lu - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A model‐reference health monitoring algorithm with two damage sensitive features is
presented in this study, utilizing structural acceleration measurements from earthquake …