Structural Health Monitoring 2007

Preface

VOLUME 1

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

• Structural Health Monitoring for High-Speed Naval Ships
• On the Road from Schedule-Based Nondestructive Inspection to Structural Health Monitoring
• A Different Approach to Sensor Networking for SHM: Remote Powering and Interrogation with unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Why Are There Few Fielded SHM Systems for Aerospace Structures?
• SHM at the Civil Infrastructure: Applications, Recent Progress and Future Demands
• Challenges in Implementation of SHM

AEROSPACE, AIRCRAFT, ROTORCRAFT, LAUNCH SYSTEMS

• Damage Detection Using Lamb Waves for Structural Health Monitoring on an Aircraft Bulkhead
• Development and Flight Demonstration of a Piezoelectric Phased
• Array Damage Detection System
• Design and Application of Composite Repairs of Fatigue Cracks
• An In-Situ Sensor Design for Monitoring Fatigue Damage in Bolted Joints
• A Novel MEMS Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Applications under Harsh Environmental Conditions
• A Low-Cost Wireless System for Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring
• Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures for Temperature Varying Applications
• Visualisation and Animation of the Lamb Wave Propagation in Composites
• Real-Time Impact Detection System for Thermal Protection System
• Responsive Satellites and the Need for Structural Health Monitoring
• Instantaneous Crack Detection in Thin Metal Plates and Aircraft Panels
• Impact Force Identification of CFRP Stiffened Panel under Multiple Loading
• Identification of Impact Load for Composites Using Genetic Algorithms
• Process Monitoring for Composite Structures Fabricated by VARTM Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
• The Influence of Bond Material Type and Quality on Damage Detection for Surface-Bonded Piezoelectric Sensors
• Wireless Data Acquisition System for Impact Detection and Structural Monitoring
• Monitoring of Composite Pressure Vessel Using Two Kinds of Fiber Optic Sensors
• Highly Reliable Advanced Grid Structure (HRAGS) Demonstrator for Aircraft Using FBG Sensors
• Large Area Corrosion Detection in Complex Aircraft Components Using Lamb Wave Tomography
• Lessons Learned from a Broad Durability Study of an Aerospace SHM System
• Embedded Sensors at the Root of an Helicopter Blade
• Evaluation of Performance of the Index Based Reasoning (IBR) at a Simulated UAV
• Embedded System for Real Time Flight Flutter Detection
• SHM of Cracks and Corrosion in Aerospace Shell Structures
• Bulk Crystal Growth of Piezoelectric PMN-PT Crystals Using Gradient Freeze Technique for Improved SHM Sensors

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES, OFFSHORE, PIPELINES, POWER PLANTS DIAGNOSTICS

• Structural Health Monitoring of Real Bridge by Using Novel Fiber Optic Accelerometer
• Structural Control System Design for Parameter Identification of Shear Structures
• Structural Health Monitoring of Suspension Bridge Cables
• Structural Health Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Frames for Progressive Damage Using Hotelling’s T2 Control Chart
• Simplified Evaluation Method of Debonding Length in CFRP Bonded Structures Using Lamb Waves
• Lifetime Prediction of Weldments Under Variable Amplitude Loading with Help of Micromagnetic Parameters
• Comparison of Numerical Simulations of Chaotic Behavior in Structural Health Monitoring of Cable-Stayed Bridge with Field Data
• Comparison of Stiffness Identification Methods for Reinforced Concrete Structures
• Corrosion Monitoring of RC-Reinforcement: Needs, Potentials and Limits
• Continuous Monitoring for Performance Evaluation of the Dynamic Response of the School of Engineering Main Building at University of Naples Federico II
• Elevators as a Repeatable Excitation Source for SHM in Buildings
• Novel Sensors for Long-Term Monitoring of pH and Humidity in Concrete
• Non-Destructive Evaluation of Damage Progression in a FRP Composite Strengthened Slab-Girder System Through Modal Testing
• Bridge Health Monitoring Using Linear and Nonlinear Approaches: Experimental Validation
• Bridge Deck Condition Assessment with Electromagnetic, Acoustic and Automated Methods
• Bridge Health Monitoring Using Linear and Nonlinear Approaches: Numerical Simulations
• Decentralized H* Controller Design for Large-Scale Wireless Structural Sensing and Control Systems
• Development of Stochastic Optical Fiber Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring Applications
• Monitoring of Overhead Transmission Lines
• Optimal Sensor Placement for Efficient Structural Health Monitoring
• Finite Element Model Updating of a Segmental Box Girder Based on Measured Responses Under Load Testing
• Health Monitoring of Buildings Using Threshold Drift Ratios—Now an Established Method
• Health Monitoring of Prestressing Tendons by Ultrasonic Waves and Embedded Sensors
• Particle Swarm Optimization for Structural System Identification
• Performance Monitoring of a Bridge Superstructure Using a Dense Wireless Sensor Network
• Application of Polynomial Chaoses to Analyze the Nonlinear Behavior in Structural Health Monitoring of Highway Infrastructures
• Different Techniques and Methods of Self Healing
• Monitoring Localized Corrosion in Reinforced Mortar Using Guided Mechanical Waves
• Identification Studies on a Prototype Structural Health Monitoring System for the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai, P. R. China

DIAGNOSTICS

• Eliminating Temperature Effect in Structural Damage Alarming Using Auto-Associative Neural Networks
• Bayesian Wavelet Probabilistic Method for Nonparametric Damage Detection of Structures
• Blind Separation of Gearbox Vibration Signal and Its Application in Fault Diagnosis
• Damage Detection in Nonlinear Systems Using System Augmentation and Feedback Auxiliary Signals
• Damage Detection Using Distributed Optical Fiber Strain Sensor
• Diagnostics of Paper Machine Supercalender Vibration Issues Using a DSPcentric Dynamic Signal Analyzer
• Real-Time Fault Detection System for Turbopump of Liquid Rocket Engine Based on Vibration Measurement Signals
• Wavelet Packet Transform-Based Hybrid Signal Processing for Machine Health Monitoring and Diagnosis
• Sensor Fault Identification and Correction in Vibration-Based Multichannel Structural Health Monitoring
• Structural Health Monitoring of Missile Communications Ground System
• Simultaneous Monitoring of Strain and Temperature in Composite Materials by One Single FBG Sensor
• Structural Damage Evaluation Combining Flexibility and a Fault Localization Indicator
• Singularity Analysis Using Dyadic Wavelet Transform for Bearing Fault Diagnosis
• Stochastic Subspace-Based Structural Identification and Damage Detection—Application to the ASCE Benchmark Structure
• Crack Identification in Structures Using Optimal Experimental Design
• Crack Detection in a Wheel End Spindle Using Modal Impacts
• Actuator-Sensor Pair Excitation Tuning and Self Diagnostics for Damage Identification of a Sandwich Plate
• Applying Online Identification on Donghai Bridge Anywhere, Anytime, and Anyway
• An Automated Data Analysis Algorithm for Near Real-Time Damage Monitoring of Structural Components

INTEGRATED SHM DESIGN

• Structural Shape Identification of Composite Structures Using Embedded Optical Fiber Sensors
• Self-Powered Structural Health Monitoring: Autonomous Wireless Sensors and Actuators Featuring Piezoactive Microgenerators
• Smart Structure for SHM System Based on Vibrational Parameters Variation
• Multi-Site Damage Localization Using Least-Squares Optimization with Low Rank SVD Updates
• MEMS Based Strain and Corrosion Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring
• Online Structural Health Monitoring of Pretwisted Anisotropic Beams
• Wireless Acquisition System for Automated, Near Real-Time Structural Monitoring Using Ultrasonic Sensors
• Feature-Based Diagnosis and Prognosis for an Integrated Diagnostic Approach
• Design Benefits in Aeronautics Resulting from Structural Health Monitoring
• An Integrated Health Management Engineering Environment for Algorithm Experimentation and Software V&V
• Stretching of a Monolithic Silicon-Based Sensor Network for Large Area Embedded Structural Health Monitoring
• Hot Spot Monitoring: Development of a Framework for SHM System Design

INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

• Health Monitoring to Ensure Fleet Readiness
• FUMSTM, a System for Qualified Integrated Vehicle Health Management
• ISyS—A Project for the Development of Intelligent Systems for Cable Force Measurements
• Dynamic Assessment of Highway Bridges Under Operating Vehicle Loads
• Thermal Spray TBC Durability Issues

MODELING AND SIMULATION

• Finite Element Simulation of Lamb Wave Generation with Bonded Piezoelectric Transducers
• A Graphical Modeling and Analysis Tool for Bayesian Based Structural Reliability Analysis
• A Modified Global-Local Analysis Model of a PZT Disk Transducer Bonded to a Host Structure
• Attenuation of Lamb Waves in Composites: Models and Possible Applications
• A Computational Steering Approach Towards Sensor Placement Optimization for Structural Health Monitoring Using Multi-Agent Technology and Evolutionary Algorithms
• Nonlinear Mechanics of Delaminated Beams
• Spline Finite Strip Analysis of Piezoelectric Composite Plates
• Complete Decentralized Displacement Control Algorithm
• Interaction of Guided Waves with Fastener Sites in Aircraft Structures
• Effect of a Fluid Wedge on the Wave Propagation Along a Fluid-Solid Interface: A Modeling Approach
• Damage Detection in Pile Foundations Using Changes in Identified Modal Properties of an RC Railway Viaduct
• Damage Identification Method of Truss Bridge Based on a Change of Strain Using Genetic Algorithm
• Modeling of Randomly Excited Nonlinear Structures for the Benchmark of SHM Techniques
• Modeling Real-World Missile Telemetry Systems Using the Communications Taxonomy (CommTax) Toolkit

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE SENSORS

• Sub-Micron Damage Identification Using Photonic Crystals: Innovative Simulation
• Strain Monitoring of Welded Joint with Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors
• The Interrogation Limits for Passive Wireless Sensors
• Multifunctional Diamond Sensor Development for Structural Health Monitoring
• An Investigation of the Use of 3-D Optical Measurements to Perform Structural Health Monitoring
• An Approach for Monitoring Plane Structures with Low-Cost Transducers
• A Novel All-Fiber Surface Roughness Sensor Based on Laser Scattering
• Application of Distributed Sensing Technique with FBG Sensors to Structural Health Monitoring
• A Low-Power Wireless Sensor Node for Peak Displacement and Bolted Joint Preload Measurements
• Inductive Coupling for Wireless Lamb Wave and Longitudinal Wave Transducers
• Development of a Passive, Wireless and Embeddable Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Application
• Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Thin-Film, Surface-Wave Sensors for Crack Detection in Complex Geometry Aerospace Structures
• Low Impact Damage Detection and Analysis with Thin-Film Piezo-Electric Sensors

VOLUME 2

PROGNOSTICS

• Applications of Data Compression in Health Management Systems
• A Novel System for Corrosion Monitoring, Diagnosis and Prognosis in Aircraft Structures
• Nonlinear Factor Analysis in Structural Health Monitoring to Remove Environmental Effects
• Multivariate Statistical Analysis Technique for Predictive Strcutural Health Monitoring
• Mixed Gaussian Process and State-Space Approach for Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction
• Rapid Prediction of Remaining Life Probability Distribution Based on Uncertain Environmental Conditions Under a Damage Accumulation Rule

QUANTIFICATION AND VALIDATION

• Impact Damage Detection on Aeronautical Composite Parts: Issues and Challenges
• FE Model Updating for Structural Damage Localization and Quantification in High-Dimension SHM Problem
• Design, Integration, Validation and Calibration of a Sensor System for Smart Materials: Multidisciplinary Approach Using COTS Optic Fiber Sensors
• Temperature Sensitivity Limitations for Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring
• Experimental Verification of the Lamb-Wave Based Damage Detection Algorithm

SENSOR WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORK, INTERFACES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• Design and Development of Wireless AE Sensor Unit Applied to Ultrasonic Test
• Development and Implementation of a Solar Powered Wireless Monitoring System on a Truss Bridge in Connecticut
• High Performance Fiber Optic Strain and Ultrasonic Wave Sensing
• Temperature Influence and Compensation on Sensing Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sensors
• Automated Damage Estimation in Wireless Sensing Networks Using Parallelized Model Updating
• Reliable High-Rate Bridge Monitoring Using Dense Wireless Sensor Arrays
• Numerical Simulation of Damage Location Tracking: Towards Decentralized Wireless Sensor System
• Non-Contact Ultrasonic Rail Defect Detection System: Prototype Development and Field Testing
• Bridge Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Network—Hardware Solution and Preliminary Tests
• Intelligent Sensor Networks–The Future of SHM
• Generalizing Integrated Navigation Systems for Structural Health Monitoring
• Stress Wave-Based Bridge Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Networks
• A Real-Time Kinematic GPS Positioning Based Structural Health Monitoring System for the 32 km Donghai Bridge in China

SIGNAL PROCESSING

• Consideration of Surface Variations on Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring
• Copying the Cochlea: Micromachined Biomimetic Acoustic Sensors
• Complexity Measure: A Nonlinear Time Series Analysis Technique for Machine Health Monitoring
• A Multiple Feature Synthesis Framework for Damage Identification in Structures
• Adaptive Imaging for Disributed Sensors
• Automated Corrosion Detection Using Ultrasound Lamb Waves
• Wavelet Packet Sub-Band Beamforming for SHM
• Identification of Structural Changes by Using Statistical Pattern Recognition
• Optimal Estimation of Accumulating Damage Trend from a Series of SHM Images
• Evolutionary Algorithms and Tailored Excitations: An Experimental Demonstration of Improved Damage Detection in Structural Health Monitoring

SPECIAL SESSION: AUTONOMIC STRUCTURES

• Applications of Polymorphic Composites within Aerodynamic Structures
• Autonomic Self-Healing and Damage Visualisation in Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
• Autonomous Impedance-Based SHM Utilizing Harvested Energy
• Artificial Neural Networks for Impact Location Through Transversely Isotropic Layers
• Embedded Distributed Sensing Network: Integration Considerations and Findings
• Moving Force Identification: A Time Subdomain Genetic Algorithm Approach

SPECIAL SESSION: BIO-INSPIRED SENSOR NETWORKS

• Fine Time Synchronization System for Sensor Grid
• Analysis of Human’s Condition Using Wireless Sensors
• Bio-Inspired Monitoring System Utilizing Piezoelectric Cables
• Performance Assessment of a Building with Passive Dampers using MIMO System Identification
• Smart Sensor Networks for Biofication of Living Spaces
• Copying the Cochlea: Micromachined Biomimetic Acoustic Sensors

SPECIAL SESSION: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN SHM APPLICATIONS

• The Road from Protoype SHM for Defence to Commerical Product in Civilian Market
• Hull Structure Monitoring for High-Speed Naval Ships
• Embedding Fiber Bragg Grating Arrays in Composite Propeller Blades
• Experimental Investigation of Bolt Loosening Detection in Thermal Protection Panels at High Temperature
• Evaluation of the Applicability for a Damage Growth Detection System Using an FBG Sensor/AWG Filter as the Elastic Wave Receiver
• Joint Loosening Detection Via Output-Only Broad-Band Vibration Measurements: An Experimental Study

SPECIAL SESSION: CIVIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

• Advanced Laser Measurement System for Civil Infrastructures
• Applications of Smart Materials and Sensing Technologies to Civil Infrastructure
• System Identification and Health Monitoring Studies on Two Buildings in Los Angeles
• Monitoring Serviceability Limit States in Civil Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from the Chicago Full-Scale Monitoring Experience
• Implementation of New Technologies in Concrete Bridge Construction in Caltrans
• Identification of Civil Engineering Structures and Uncertainty

SPECIAL SESSION: DAMAGE QUANTIFICATION METHODS FOR AEROSPACE STRUCTURES

• Application of Pattern Recognition for Damage Classification in Composite Laminates
• Automation in SHM Using Damage Measure and Laser Doppler Vibrometer
• Ultrasonic Monitoring of Structural “Hot Spots” During Full Scale Fatigue Tests
• Monitoring Strategies, Performance and Assessment of Multi-Riveted Metallic Aircraft Panels Using Acousto-Ultrasonics
• Finite Element Simulation of Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring
• Global-Local Ultrasonic Method Applied to the Quantitative Detection of Defects in Aircraft Panels
• Lamb Wave Front-Back Scatter Method for Estimating Delamination Size in Composite Structures

SPECIAL SESSION: EMERGING SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHM

• Structural Health Monitoring with Self-Healing Morphing Skins
• Structure and Transducer Health Monitoring
• Structural Health Monitoring by Extraction of Coherent Guided Waves from Ambient Noise
• Impact Damage Diagnosis Using an Automated SHM System
• Detection of Disbonds in a Honeycomb Composite Structure Using Guided Waves
• Development of Impedance-Based Wireless Active-Sensor Node for Structural Health Monitoring
• Ultrasonic Guided Wave Mode Selection and Tuning in Composites Using a Piezoelectric Phased Array
• Effect of Flow Through Soil Embedded Pipes for Damage Detection Using Guided Wave Techniques and Short Time Fourier Transform
• Nanotube-Based Sensing Skins for Crack Detection and Impact Monitoring of Structures
• Magneto-Mechanical Impedance Technique for Dynamic Identification of Metallic Structures
• Chemical Selective BOTDR Sensing for Corrosion Detection on Structural Systems

SPECIAL SESSION: ENERGY HARVESTING

• Energy Extraction-Based Force Location Estimation
• Power Flows of Energy Harvesting as Measurands in Structural Health Monitoring
• Photovoltaic Performance of Amorphous Silicon Flexible Solar Modules Under Mechanical Loading
• Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Strategies for Structural Health Monitoring Wireless Networks
• Optimization of Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors with Application to Flight Loads Monitoring of Helicopter Components
• On the Need of Modeling the Interdependence Between Piezoelectric Generators and Their Environmental Excitation Source
• Vibration Energy Harvesting by Magnetostrictive Material (MsM) for Powering Wireless Sensors
• A Case Study in Energy Harvesting for Powering a Wireless Measurement System
• Energy Harvesting for Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Networks
• Resonant Frequency Tunable Vibration Energy Harvesting Device

SPECIAL SESSION: GROUND AND AIR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS

• Damage Evolution Regression Models for Prognosis in an Automotive Sway Bar Link
• Detecting Delamination and Core Crushing in a Sandwich Composite Wing
• High Speed Real-Time Contact Measurements Between a Smart Train Pantograph with Embedded Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors and Its Overhead Contact Line
• An Experimental Forced Response Tire Model and Its Application to the Near Real-Time Monitoring of Bead Area Damage in Rolling Tires
• Utilization of Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Sensing Systems for Health Monitoring in Railway Applications

SPECIAL SESSION: HUMS FOR ROTORCRAFT USAGE CREDITS

• Life Limiting Rationale for a Level D HUMS Utilized for Maintenance Credits
• Certification Issues for a Level D HUMS Utilized for Usage Credits
• HUMS System Design Issues for Usage Monitoring on Older Rotorcraft
• Federal Aviation Administration Perspectives for Rotorcraft Structural Monitoring for Usage Credits
• Smart Patch System for Condition Based Maintenance of Rotorcraft Structures
• FAA HUMS Advisory Circular Validation Flight Test Program

SPECIAL SESSION: MONITORING OF WIND ENERGY PLANTS

• Concept for Structural Damage Identification of Offshore Wind Energy Plants
• Integral SHM-System for Offshore Wind Turbines Using Smart Wireless Sensors
• Integrated Monitoring Systems for Offshore Wind Turbines
• Online Wind Load Estimation for the Offshore Wind Energy Plants
• Fundamentals for Remote Condition Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbine Blades

SPECIAL SESSION: SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND CALIBRATION ISSUES FOR SHM

• Sensor Self-Diagnosis Using a Modified Impedance Model for Active Sensing-Based Structural Health Monitoring
• Self-Diagnostic Capabilities of Piezoelectric Transducers Using the Electromechanical Impedance
• Sensor Health Diagnostics for Piezoelectric-Based SHM Systems
• Reference-Free Piezoelectric Transducer Self-Diagnosis for Structural Health Monitoring Applications
• Piezoelectric Active-Sensor Diagnostic and Validation Process for SHM Applications
• Adaptive SHM Methodology to Accommodate Ageing, Maintenance and Repair

SPECIAL SESSION: SHM FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS

• Cryogenic Temperature Characteristics of the Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
• Monitoring a Composite Repair by the Differential Strain Approach
• Frequency Response Techniques for SHM of Adhesively Bonded Composite Repairs
• Selection of Optimal Alternative for Bridge Monitoring: Weighted Objective Decision
• Health Monitoring of Repaired Structures: A Numerical Analysis
• Debonding Detection in Scarf-Repaired CFRP Laminates Using Lamb-Wave Visualization by Generation Laser Scanning Method
• On-Line Physical Parameter Estimation and Damage Detection with Adaptive Kalman Filtering Approach

SPECIAL SESSION: WAVE PROPAGATION MODELS IN DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

• A Wave-Filtering Displacement-Based Damage Measure
• Analytical Modeling to Develop SHM Techniques for Aircraft “Hot Spots”
• A Reflectivity Damage Detection Approach for Lap Joint Structures in the Medium Frequency Range
• Experimental Application of Signal Processing Algorithm for Damage Localization
• Experimental Verification of the Lamb-Wave Based Damage Detection Algorithm
• Three-Dimensional Guided-Wave Models for Structural Health Monitoring System Design and Damage Characterization

Author Index for Volumes 1 and 2