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Area of Science:

  • Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Structural Health Monitoring

Background:

  • Cracks in structures cause nonlinear dynamics, challenging traditional linear analysis.
  • Existing damage identification methods often require numerous sensors, limiting practical use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for identifying crack depth and location using single-point vibration measurements.
  • To assess the effectiveness of a nonlinear analysis framework and convolutional neural networks for damage detection.

Main Methods:

  • Simulating cracked beam dynamics using a nonlinear analysis framework.
  • Generating spectrograms of tip response via short-time Fourier transform.
  • Training a convolutional neural network on spectrograms for crack identification.

Main Results:

  • High coefficients of determination achieved for both crack depth and location identification.
  • Accuracy is dependent on sufficient training data coverage for damage conditions.
  • Data augmentation significantly improves identification accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Single-point vibration measurements combined with AI can effectively identify crack depth and location.
  • The proposed method offers a practical solution for structural health monitoring with reduced sensor requirements.
  • Further implementation is feasible, especially with data augmentation for limited measurement scenarios.