• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권6호
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• pp.649-659
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• 2019

Vibration-based structural damage detection through optimization algorithms and minimization of objective function has recently become an interesting research topic. Application of various objective functions as well as optimization algorithms may affect damage diagnosis quality. This paper proposes a new damage identification method using Moth-Flame Optimization (MFO). MFO is a nature-inspired algorithm based on moth's ability to navigate in dark. Objective function consists of a term with modal assurance criterion flexibility and natural frequency. To show the performance of the said method, two numerical examples including truss and shear frame have been studied. Furthermore, Los Alamos National Laboratory test structure was used for validation purposes. Finite element model for both experimental and numerical examples was created by MATLAB software to extract modal properties of the structure. Mode shapes and natural frequencies were contaminated with noise in above mentioned numerical examples. In the meantime, one of the classical optimization algorithms called particle swarm optimization was compared with MFO. In short, results obtained from numerical and experimental examples showed that the presented method is efficient in damage identification.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.697-705
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• 2005

Vibration-based damage identification method using embedded sensitivity functions is discussed. The theory of embedded sensitivity functions is reviewed and applied to identify damage in a three degree-of-freedom system and a metallic panel. Embedded sensitivity functions are algebraic combinations of measured frequency response functions that reflect changes in the response of mechanical systems when mass, damping or stiffness parameters are changed. By comparing the embedded sensitivity functions with finite difference functions using undamaged and damaged frequency response functions, damage is shown to be properly detected, located and quantified in theory and practice assuming that structures of interest are only damaged in one location. Simulated and experimental results indicate that the technique is most effective when changes to frequency response functions are small to avoid distorsions in the estimated perturbations due to variations in the sensitivity functions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.343-365
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• 2008

In this study, the frequency domain method which utilizes the evaluation of changes in the structural mode shape is adopted to identify regions which contain localized damages. Frequency response function (FRF) values corresponding to the modal frequency, analogous to the mode shape coefficients, are used since change in natural frequency of the system is usually insignificant for localized damage. This method requires only few sensors to obtain the dynamic response of the structure at specific locations to determine the FRF via fast-Fourier transform (FFT). Numerical examples of an aluminum plate, which includes damages of varying severity, locations and combinations of multiple locations, are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the method. An experimental verification of the method is also done using an aluminum plate with two different degrees of damage, namely a half-through notch and a through notch. The inconsistency in attaining the FRF values for practical applications due to varying impact load may be overcome via statistical averaging, although large variations in the loading in terms of the contact duration should still be avoided. Nonetheless, this method needs special attention when the damages induce notable changes in the modal frequency, such as when the damages are of high severity or cover more extensive area or near the boundary where the support condition is modified. This is largely due to the significant decrease in the frequency term compared to the increase in the vibration amplitude. For practical reasons such as the use of limited number of sensors and to facilitate automation, extending the resolution of this method of identification may not be efficient. Hence, methods based on wave propagation can be employed as a complement on the isolated region to provide an accurate localization as well as to trace the geometry of the damage.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.107-127
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• 2022

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has been related to damage identification with either operational loads or other environmental loading playing a significant complimentary role in terms of structural safety. In this study, a non-parametric method of time frequency analysis on the measurement is used to address the time-frequency representation for modal parameter estimation and system damage identification of structure. The method employs the wavelet decomposition of dynamic data by using the modified complex Morlet wavelet with variable central frequency (MCMW+VCF). Through detail discussion on the selection of model parameter in wavelet analysis, the method is applied to study the dynamic response of both steel structure and reinforced concrete frame under white noise excitation as well as earthquake excitation from shaking table test. Application of the method to building earthquake response measurement is also examined. It is shown that by using the spectrogram generated from MCMW+VCF method, with suitable selected model parameter, one can clearly identify the time-varying modal frequency of the reinforced concrete structure under earthquake excitation. Discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of the method through field experiments are also presented.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2018

Damage location and extent of structure could be detected by the inverse analysis on dynamic response properties such as frequencies and mode shapes. In practice the measured difference of natural frequencies represent the stiffness change reliably, however the measured mode shape is insensitive for stiffness change, but provides spatial information of damage. The damage detection index on shear building structures is formulated in this study. The damage detection index could be estimated from mode shape and srory stiffness of undamaged structure and frequency difference between undamaged and damaged structure. For the verification of the observed damage detection method, the numerical analysis of Matlab and MIDAS and shacking table test were performed. In results, the damage index of damaged story was estimated so higher than undamaged stories that indicates the damaged story apparently.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.285-297
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• 1999

A method is presented to find the location and magnitude of damage in a structure using data from dynamic tests. The test data include a combination of natural frequency measurements, taken before and after the occurrence of damage, and response measurements taken after damage. An algorithm is developed to identify localized increases in the flexibility of the structural members. Increases in flexibility are attributed to damage. The algorithm uses the sensitivity of the flexibility matrix to changes in the natural frequencies of the structure to identify the damage. A set of under determined equations is solved using an objective function which is derived from measurements of the system moments. Damage ranging from 10 to 60% increase in the flexibility of a member was successfully identified in a 50 d.o.f. structure, using a small number of natural frequency and velocity measurements.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.299-307
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• 2011

The offshore plants such as FPSO are subjected to combination loading of environmental conditions (swell, wave, wind and current). Therefore the fatigue damage is occurred in the operation time because the units encounter the environmental phenomena and the structural configurations are complicated. This paper is a research for frequency domain fatigue analysis of wide-band random loading focused on accuracy of fatigue damage estimation regarding the proposed methods. We selected ideal bi-modal spectrum. And comparison between time-domain fatigue analysis and frequency-domain fatigue analyses are conducted through the fatigue damage ratio. Fatigue damage ratios according to Vanmarcke's bandwidth parameter are founded for wide-band. Considering safety, we recommend that Jiao-Moan and Tovo-Benasciutti methods are optimal way at the fatigue design for wide-band response. But, it is important that these methods based on frequency-domain unstably change the accuracy according to the material parameter of S-N curve. This study will be background and guidance for the new frequency-domain fatigue analysis development in the future.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.635-640
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• 2001

This paper introduces a frequency-domain method of structural damage identification. It is formulated in a general form from the dynamic stiffness equation of motion for a structure and then applied to a beam structure. The appealing features of the present damage identification method are: (1) it requires only the frequency response functions experimentally measured from damaged structure as the input data, and (2) it can locate and quantify many local damages at the same time. The feasibility of the present damage identification method is tested through some numerically simulated damage identification analyses and then experimental verification is conducted for a cantilevered beam with damage caused by introducing three slots.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2023

지역난방사업자가 운영하는 열수송관의 효율적인 유지관리를 위해 사업자가 구축한 설비이력 및 파손이력 데이터를 활용하여 파손발생과 연관성을 가지는 주요 독립변수를 확인한 후, 파손빈도와의 상관관계를 분석하고, 파손빈도 추정을 위한 기본모델을 도출하였다. 국내외 지역난방사업자가 기존에 활용 중인 사용기간 기반의 추정 모델과의 연관성을 고려하여 사용기간 뿐만 아니라 관경, 매설깊이, 감시시스템 절연레벨 등 연속형 변수와 파손빈도의 상관성이 가장 높은 독립변수로 단순회귀분석 기본모델을 제시하였으며, 나머지 독립변수는 기본모델을 수정, 보완하는 인자로 반영하였다. 분석 결과 기존 연구사례와 마찬가지로 사용기간과 파손빈도간 분석 모델의 적합성과 두 변수간 상관성이 가장 높은 것으로 확인되어 기본모델로 활용 가능하다. 관경, 매설깊이, 감시시스템 절연레벨 정보 역시 파손빈도와의 상관성이 확인되어 기본모델을 보완하기 위한 인자로 활용 가능하다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2014

사장교 케이블의 손상은 사장교 전체의 안전에 가장 큰 영향을 주는 요인이 되므로 케이블의 손상에 대한 유지관리를 필수적으로 해야한다. 이러한 유지관리의 대표적인 방법으로 케이블의 고유진동수변화을 추적하는 방법이 있다. 지금까지 케이블의 고유진동수는 진동법에 의해 횡방향 진동으로 추정하여 왔으며 시스템인식기법은 반복법에 의한 민감도방정식으로 축방향강성을 추정하나 새그의 영향으로 종방향운동에 대한 고유진동수의 분포에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 종방향운동에 의한 고유진동수를 이용하여 손상을 추정함으로써, 종방향운동의 신뢰성을 향상시키는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 이 방법의 적용결과를 근사해인 유한요소해석결과와 비교하여 유사한 결과를 얻음으로써 제안된 방법의 신뢰성을 검증하였다. 따라서, 케이블손상과 고유진동수와의 관계를 분석한 결과는 손상률이 증가할수록 고유진동수는 낮게 나타났다. 따라서 케이블의 실측 고유진동수를 알 때 케이블손상과 고유진동수와의 관계식을 통해 케이블의 손상정도를 추정할 수 있으므로 케이블의 효율적인 유지관리가 가능하게 된다.