Development of New Structural Health Evaluation Method for Health Monitoring of Structural Components

General Information

Development of New Structural Health Evaluation Method for Health Monitoring of Structural Components

Funding program: ERDF

Project duration: 01.02.2020 – 31.01.2023

Research application: Institute of Materials and Structures (Riga Technical University)

Project manager: Sandris Ručevskis

The project scientific objective is to develop a new structural health evaluation method for health monitoring of structural components based on applied computational techniques and artificial intelligence methods.

The scientific tasks of the research application are:

To conduct theoretical and practical studies in areas of sensor measurements and data/signal processing methods in order to select most appropriate ones for the development of a structural health evaluation method;
To develop a structural health evaluation method;
To validate the new developed structural health evaluation method.

The objective and activities of the research application fully correspond to the aims and growth priorities of the Smart Specialisation Strategy of the Republic of Latvia (RIS3) and meet the following smart specialisation area: “Smart materials, technology and engineering systems”.

The project actions include scientific research, publishing of results in scientific journals, participation in conferences, training and transfer of knowledge through workshops, summer schools and innovation networks, presentation of project results to national professional organisations, public engagement and communication, studying potential future applications, and mobility to the leading European research institutions.

Project Results

Deliverable 1.2.
“Report on Sensor Measurements and Data/Signal Processing Methods for Structural Health Monitoring of Structural Components”
Deliverable 2.3.
“Description of Numerical Model Calibration Method”
Deliverable 2.5.
“Description of Structural Health Evalution Method”
Deliverable 3.2.
“Report on the Application of the Developed Structural Health Evaluation Method”

Conferences

Project results have been presented at the following conferences:

The “5th World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium (WMCAUS 2020), Czech Republic, Prague, 1-5 September 2020.

Finite Element Model Calibration of Sandwich Structure Based on Mixed Numerical Experimental Technique.

The “4th International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI2021)” 30 August – 2 September, 2021. Online

Effectiveness of Damage Identification in Composite Plates Using Damage Indices Based on Smoothing Polinomials and Crvelet Transform: A Comparative Study.

Prospects of Structural Damage Identification Using Modal Analysis and Anomaly Detection.

The “24th International Conference Materials, Methods & Technologies” 19 – 21 August, 2022, Bulgaria, Burgas.

Finite Element Modelling and Simulation of Macro Fiber Composite Actuated Laminated Plates With Aplication to Structural Health Monitoring.

The 5th International Conference “Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies” (IMST 2022) 28 – 30 September, 2022, Latvia, Riga.

Optimal Sensor Placement in Composite Circular Cylindrical Shells for Structural Health Monitoring.

The 21st International Scientific Conference “Engineering for Rural Development” 26 – 27 May, 2022, Latvia, Jelgava.

Sensitivity of non-destructive technique for determination of material properties in reinforced laminated composite plate based on vibration response.

Scientific articles

Published articles in scientific journals

Optimal Sensor Placement for Modal-Based Health Monitoring of a Composite Structure.

Ručevskis, S., Rogala, T., Katunin, A. (2022) Sensors, 22, 3867. DOI:10.3390/s22103867.

Assessment of Internal Damage in Sandwich Structures by Post-Processing of Mode Shapes Using Curvelet Transform.

Katunin, A., Ručevskis, S. (2021) Materials, 14(16), 4517. DOI:10.3390/ma14164517.

Monitoring of Damage in Composite Structures Using anOptimized Sensor Network: A Data-Driven Experimental Approach.

Ručevskis, S., Rogala, T., Katunin, A. (2023) Sensors, 23, 2290. DOI:10.3390/s23042290

Published articles in conference proceedings

Sensitivity of Non-Destructive Technique for Determination of Material Properties in Reinforced Laminated Composite Plate Based on Vibration Response.

Kovalovs, A., Rucevskis, S., Dzelzitis, K., Chate, A. (2022) Engineering for Rural Development, Vol.21, pp. 598-603.

Effectiveness of Damage Identification in Composite Plates Using Damage Indices Based on Smoothing Polynomials and Curvelet Transform: A Comparative Study.

Katunin A., Ručevskis S. (2022) Procedia Structural Integrity, Vol. 37, pp. 292–298.

Prospects of Structural Damage Identification Using Modal Analysis and Anomaly Detection.

Mironovs D.,Rucevskis, S., Dzelzitis, K. (2022) Procedia Structural Integrity, Vol. 37, pp. 410-416. DOI:10.1016/j.prostr.2022.01.103.

Finite Element Model Calibration of Sandwich Structure Based on Mixed Numerical Experimental Technique.

Rucevskis, S., Wesolowski, M., Kovalovs, A. (2020) IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 960 (3), art. no. 032048.

Optimal Sensor Placement in Composite Circular Cylindrical Shells for Structural Health Monitoring.

Rucevskis S., Kovalovs A., Chate A. (2023) Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2423, 012021. DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2423/1/012021.

Published articles in popular scientific journal

Monitoring of the technical condition of structures.

Janelikstis R., Rucevskis S. (2023) Buvinzenieris, 90, pp. 89-97.

Developed Methods

Descriptions of methods and know-how developed

The expected results of the research application are 2 descriptions of the developed methods and 1 description of the know-how.

“Investigation of sensor measurements and signal processing methods”

“Description of Numerical Model Calibration Method”

“Description of Structural Health Evaluation Method”

Publicity

The 5th International Conference on Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies (IMST2022)

In September 2022 a thematic Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring was organized within the frames of the 5th International Conference on Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies”. Workshop participants were introduced to the project activities, developed methods and obtained results. Participants were also given practical demonstrations at the laboratory of the institute.

2022 European Researchers’ Night

This year, as part of the European Researchers’ Night, Riga Technical University is enthralling all interested parties, from young to old, to attend the Researchers’ Night events to learn how the term “smart city” works and what it includes.
Smart technologies, buildings, infrastructure, it and much more work and interact to make our lives more convenient and quality.

Participation in the European Researchers’ Night event organized by RTU in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, where interested parties had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project activities, goals and developed methods as well as try their hand at the tower-building competition, thus getting to know the effect of vibration loading on structural health of play towers in an interactive way.

Participation in an open seminar

Riga Technical University doctor of engineering Sandris Ručevskis, participiate at a seminar, organized by Silesian University of Technology, with a presentation on “Machine learning-based damage identification in composite structures”.