One of the most discussed aspects of vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) is how to link identified parameters with structural health conditions. To this aim, several damage indexes have been proposed in the relevant literature based on typical assumptions of the operational modal analysis (OMA), such as stationary excitation and unlimited vibration record. Wireless smart sensor networks based on low-power electronic components are becoming increasingly popular among SHM specialists. However, such solutions are not able to deal with long data series due to energy and computational constraints. The decentralization of processing tasks has been shown to mitigate these issues. Nevertheless, traditional damage indicators might not be suitable for onboard computations. In this paper, a robust damage index is proposed based on a damage sensitive feature computed in a decentralized fashion, suitable for smart wireless sensing solutions. The proposed method is tested on a numerical benchmark and on a real case study, namely the S101 bridge in Austria, a prestressed concrete bridge that has been artificially damaged for research purposes. The results obtained show the potential of the proposed method to monitor the conditions of civil infrastructures.

Statistical approach for vibration-based damage localization in civil infrastructures using smart sensor networks

Giordano P. F.;Limongelli M. P.
2021-01-01

Abstract

One of the most discussed aspects of vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) is how to link identified parameters with structural health conditions. To this aim, several damage indexes have been proposed in the relevant literature based on typical assumptions of the operational modal analysis (OMA), such as stationary excitation and unlimited vibration record. Wireless smart sensor networks based on low-power electronic components are becoming increasingly popular among SHM specialists. However, such solutions are not able to deal with long data series due to energy and computational constraints. The decentralization of processing tasks has been shown to mitigate these issues. Nevertheless, traditional damage indicators might not be suitable for onboard computations. In this paper, a robust damage index is proposed based on a damage sensitive feature computed in a decentralized fashion, suitable for smart wireless sensing solutions. The proposed method is tested on a numerical benchmark and on a real case study, namely the S101 bridge in Austria, a prestressed concrete bridge that has been artificially damaged for research purposes. The results obtained show the potential of the proposed method to monitor the conditions of civil infrastructures.
2021
Damage localization
Decentralized sensor network
Distributed computing
Interpolation error
Structural health monitoring
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