On-line Bayesian model updating for structural health monitoring

Rocchetta, R ORCID: 0000-0002-8117-8737, Broggi, M, Huchet, Q and Patelli, E ORCID: 0000-0002-5007-7247 (2018) On-line Bayesian model updating for structural health monitoring. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 103. pp. 174-195.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.10.015

Abstract

Fatigue induced cracks is a dangerous failure mechanism which affects mechanical components subject to alternating load cycles. System health monitoring should be adopted to identify cracks which can jeopardise the structure. Real-time damage detection may fail in the identification of the cracks due to different sources of uncertainty which have been poorly assessed or even fully neglected. In this paper, a novel efficient and robust procedure is used for the detection of cracks locations and lengths in mechanical components. A Bayesian model updating framework is employed, which allows accounting for relevant sources of uncertainty. The idea underpinning the approach is to identify the most probable crack consistent with the experimental measurements. To tackle the computational cost of the Bayesian approach an emulator is adopted for replacing the computationally costly Finite Element model. To improve the overall robustness of the procedure, different numerical likelihoods, measurement noises and imprecision in the value of model parameters are analysed and their effects quantified. The accuracy of the stochastic updating and the efficiency of the numerical procedure are discussed. An experimental aluminium frame and on a numerical model of a typical car suspension arm are used to demonstrate the applicability of the approach.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	publisher: Elsevier articletitle: On-line Bayesian model updating for structural health monitoring journaltitle: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.10.015 content_type: article copyright: © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bayesian model updating, Real-time damage detection, On-line health monitoring, Fatigue crack, Uncertainty, Artificial neural networks, Suspension arm, Aluminium frame
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 May 2020 08:53
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:53
DOI:	10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.10.015
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3085428