• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.391-397
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• 2017

With the increasing application of explosive composite structure in many engineering fields, its interface bonding state detection is more and more significant to avoid catastrophic accidents. However, this task still faces challenges due to the complexity of the bonding interface. In this paper, the concept of nonlinear output frequency response functions (NOFRFs) is introduced to detect the bonding state of explosive composite structure. The NOFRFs can describe the nonlinear characteristics of nonlinear vibrating system. Because of the presence of the bonding interface, explosive composite structure itself is a nonlinear system; when bonding interface of the structure is damaged, its dynamic characteristics show enhanced nonlinear characteristic. Therefore, the NOFRFs-based detection index is proposed as indicator to detect the bonding state of explosive composite pipes. The experimental results verify the effectiveness of the detection approach.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.223-242
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• 2015

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as a novel solution to many of the challenges of structural health monitoring (SHM) in civil engineering structures. While research projects using WSNs are ongoing worldwide, implementations of WSNs on full-scale structures are limited. In this study, a WSN is deployed on a full-scale 17.3m-long, 11-bay highway sign support structure to investigate the ability to use vibration response data to detect damage induced in the structure. A multi-level damage detection strategy is employed for this structure: the Angle-between-String-and-Horizon (ASH) flexibility-based algorithm as the Level I and the Axial Strain (AS) flexibility-based algorithm as the Level II. For the proposed multi-level damage detection strategy, a coarse resolution Level I damage detection will be conducted first to detect the damaged region(s). Subsequently, a fine resolution Level II damage detection will be conducted in the damaged region(s) to locate the damaged element(s). Several damage cases are created on the full-scale highway sign support structure to validate the multi-level detection strategy. The multi-level damage detection strategy is shown to be successful in detecting damage in the structure in these cases.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2009

The maximum likelihood detection with QR decomposition and M-algorithm (QRM-MLD) has been presented as a suboptimum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detection scheme which can provide almost the same performance as the optimum maximum likelihood (ML) MIMO detection scheme but with the reduced complexity. However, due to the lack of parallelism and the regularity in the decoding structure, the conventional QRM-MLD which uses the tree-structure still has very high complexity for the very large scale integration (VLSI) implementation. In this paper, we modify the tree-structure of conventional QRM-MLD into trellis-structure in order to obtain high operational parallelism and regularity and then apply the Viterbi algorithm to the QRM-MLD to ease the burden of the VLSI implementation.We show from our selected numerical examples that, by using the QRM-MLD with our proposed trellis-structure, we can reduce the complexity significantly compared to the tree-structure based QRM-MLD while the performance degradation of our proposed scheme is negligible.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.85-104
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• 2014

Damage detection is a challenging, complex, and at the same time very important research topic in civil engineering. Identifying the location and severity of damage in a structure, as well as the global effects of local damage on the performance of the structure are fundamental elements of damage detection algorithms. Local damage detection is essential for structural health monitoring since local damages can propagate and become detrimental to the functionality of the entire structure. Existing studies present several methods which utilize sensor data, and track global changes in the structure. The challenging issue for these methods is to be sensitive enough in identifYing local damage. Autoregressive models with exogenous terms (ARX) are a popular class of modeling approaches which are the basis for a large group of local damage detection algorithms. This study presents an algorithm, called Influence-based Damage Detection Algorithm (IDDA), which is developed for identification of local damage based on regression of the vibration responses. The formulation of the algorithm and the post-processing statistical framework is presented and its performance is validated through implementation on an experimental beam-column connection which is instrumented by dense-clustered wired and wireless sensor networks. While implementing the algorithm, two different sensor networks with different sensing qualities are utilized and the results are compared. Based on the comparison of the results, the effect of sensor noise on the performance of the proposed algorithm is observed and discussed in this paper.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 불꽃 감지를 위한 임베디드 시스템에 적합한 딥러닝 구조를 제안한다. 제안하는 딥러닝 구조의 불꽃 감지 과정은 불꽃 색깔 모델을 사용한 불꽃 영역 검출, 불꽃 색깔 특화 딥러닝 구조를 사용한 불꽃 영상 분류, 검출된 불꽃 영역의 $N{\times}N$ 셀 분리, 불꽃 모양 특화 딥러닝 구조를 사용한 불꽃 영상 분류 등의 4가지 과정으로 구성된다. 첫 번째로 입력 영상에서 불꽃의 색만을 추출한 다음 레이블링하여 불꽃 영역을 검출한다. 두 번째로 검출된 불꽃 영역을 불꽃 색깔에 특화 학습된 딥러닝 구조의 입력으로 넣고, 출력단의 불꽃 클래스 확률이 75% 이상에서만 불꽃 영상으로 분류한다. 세 번째로 앞 단에서 75% 미만 불꽃 영상으로 분류된 영상들의 검출된 불꽃 영역을 $N{\times}N$ 단위로 분할한다. 네 번째로 $N{\times}N$ 단위로 분할된 작은 셀들을 불꽃의 모양에 특화 학습된 딥러닝 구조의 입력으로 넣고, 각 셀의 불꽃 여부를 판단하여 50% 이상의 셀들이 불꽃 영상으로 분류될 경우에 불꽃 영상으로 분류한다. 제안된 딥러닝 구조의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 ImageNet의 불꽃 데이터베이스를 사용하여 실험하였다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 딥러닝 구조는 기존의 딥러닝 구조보다 평균 29.86% 낮은 리소스 점유율과 8초 빠른 불꽃 감지 시간을 나타내었다. 불꽃 검출률은 기존의 딥러닝 구조와 비교하여 평균 0.95% 낮은 결과를 나타내었으나, 이는 임베디드 시스템에 적용하기 위해 딥러닝 구조를 가볍게 구성한데서 나온 결과이다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안하는 불꽃 감지를 위한 딥러닝 구조는 임베디드 시스템 적용에 적합함이 입증되었다.

• 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.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.657-675
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• 2015

In this study, the feasibility of vibration-based damage detection methods for the wind turbine tower (WTT) structure is evaluated. First, a frequency-based damage detection (FBDD) is outlined. A damage-localization algorithm is visited to locate damage from changes in natural frequencies. Second, a mode-shape-based damage detection (MBDD) method is outlined. A damage index algorithm is utilized to localize damage from estimating changes in modal strain energies. Third, a finite element (FE) model based on a real WTT is established by using commercial software, Midas FEA. Several damage scenarios are numerically simulated in the FE model of the WTT. Finally, both FBDD and MBDD methods are employed to identify the damage scenarios simulated in the WTT. Damage regions are chosen close to the bolt connection of WTT segments; from there, the stiffness of damage elements are reduced.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.87-94
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• 1995

In highway bridges robust damage detection exercises are mandatory to secure the safety of the structures from hostile environmental conditions such as fatigue earthquake, wind, and corrosion. This paper presents a damage detection practice in a full-scale highway bridge by utilizing modal response parameters of as-built and damaged states of the structure. first the test structure is described and modal testing procedures are outlined. Next, a damage detection model which yields information on the location of damage directly from changes in mode shapes is outlined. Finally, the damage detection model is implemented to predict the location of damage in the ten structure. From the results, it was found that the damage detection model accurately locates damage in the test structures for which modal parameters of only a single mode are available for pre-damage (as-built) and post-damage stages.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.506-510
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 current detection 구조로 인하여 load regulation의 변화를 향상시킨 LDO를 제안하였다. 제안된 LDO 레귤레이터는 출력단에 제안된 current detection 회로를 추가하였다. 그로인하여 출력에 부하전류에 따른 전압 값의 regulation을 향상시켜 기존 LDO 레귤레이터보다 load Regulation의 변화량을 향상시켰다. 제안한 current detection 구조를 사용하여 부하전류의 변화에 따른 출력 변화를 약 60 % 가량 향상시킬 수 있었다. Cadence의 Virtuoso, Spectre 시뮬레이션을 사용하여 특성을 시뮬레이션 및 검증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.233-242
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• 2019

In this paper, an inverse approach based on uniform load surface (ULS) is presented for structural damage localization and quantification. The ULS is excellent approximation for deformed configuration of a structure under distributed unit force applied on all degrees of freedom. The ULS make use of natural frequencies and mode shapes of structure and in mathematical point of view is a weighted average of mode shapes. An objective function presented to damage detection is discrepancy between the ULS of monitored structure and numerical model of structure. Solving this objective function to find minimum value yields damage's parameters detection. The teaching-learning based optimization algorithm has been employed to solve inverse problem. The efficiency of present damage detection method is demonstrated through three numerical examples. By comparison between proposed objective function and another objective function which make use of natural frequencies and mode shapes, it is revealed present objective function have faster convergence and is more sensitive to damage. The method has good robustness against measurement noise and could detect damage by using the first few mode shapes. The results indicate that the proposed method is reliable technique to damage detection in structures.