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Towards Automatic Crack Size Estimation with iFEM for Structural Health Monitoring

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SENSORS
卷 23, 期 7, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s23073406

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inverse finite element method (iFEM); digital twin; structural health monitoring; crack; digital image correlation

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The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is used to compute the displacement and strain field of a structure based on strain measurements and a geometric discretization. Previous works focused on damage detection and localization, but did not estimate the damage size accurately. To address this issue, a new approach is proposed, introducing damage systematically in the iFEM model to minimize discrepancy with the physical structure. The approach was experimentally verified on an aluminum plate subjected to fatigue crack propagation.
The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is a model-based technique to compute the displacement (and then the strain) field of a structure from strain measurements and a geometrical discretization of the same. Different literature works exploit the error between the numerically reconstructed strains and the experimental measurements to perform damage identification in a structural health monitoring framework. However, only damage detection and localization are performed, without attempting a proper damage size estimation. The latter could be based on machine learning techniques; however, an a priori definition of the damage conditions would be required. To overcome these limitations, the present work proposes a new approach in which the damage is systematically introduced in the iFEM model to minimize its discrepancy with respect to the physical structure. This is performed with a maximum likelihood estimation framework, where the most accurate damage scenario is selected among a series of different models. The proposed approach was experimentally verified on an aluminum plate subjected to fatigue crack propagation, which enables the creation of a digital twin of the structure itself. The strain field fed to the iFEM routine was experimentally measured with an optical backscatter reflectometry fiber and the methodology was validated with independent observations of lasers and the digital image correlation.

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