Nonlinear feature identification of impedance-based structural health monitoring
- Amanda C.
- Gyu Hae
- Hoon
- Charles R.
The impedance-based structural health monitoring technique, which utilizes electromechanical coupling properties of piezoelectric materials, has shown feasibility for use in a variety of structural health monitoring applications. Relying on high frequency local excitations (typically > 30 kHz), this technique is very sensitive to minor changes in structural integrity in the near field of piezoelectric sensors. Several damage sensitive features have been identified and used coupled with the impedance methods. Most of these methods are, however, limited to linearity assumptions of a structure. This paper presents the use of experimentally identified nonlinear features, combined with impedance methods, for structural health monitoring. Their applicability to damage detection in various frequency ranges is demonstrated using actual impedance signals measured from a portal frame structure. The performance of the nonlinear feature is compared with those of conventional impedance methods. This paper reinforces the utility of nonlinear features in structural health monitoring and suggests that their varying sensitivity in different frequency ranges may be leveraged for certain applications.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 977514
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-04-1817; TRN: US201009%%680
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 5390; Conference: Submitted to: SPIE's 11th annual international symposium on smart structures and materials, San Diego, CA, USA, March 14-18, 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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