Shape sensing methods: Review and experimental comparison on a wing-shaped plate

M Gherlone, P Cerracchio, M Mattone - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Shape sensing, ie, the reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure from some
discrete surface strain measurements, is a fundamental capability for the structural health …

Real-time displacement monitoring of a composite stiffened panel subjected to mechanical and thermal loads

P Cerracchio, M Gherlone, A Tessler - Meccanica, 2015 - Springer
Real-time reconstruction of the deformed structural shape using in situ strain measurements
is an inverse problem, commonly called shape sensing. The knowledge of the deformed …

An enhanced inverse finite element method for displacement and stress monitoring of multilayered composite and sandwich structures

A Kefal, A Tessler, E Oterkus - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is an innovative framework for dynamic tracking of
full-field structural displacements and stresses in structures that are instrumented with a …

An inverse finite element method for beam shape sensing: theoretical framework and experimental validation

M Gherlone, P Cerracchio, M Mattone… - Smart Materials and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape sensing, ie, reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure from surface-
measured strains, has relevant implications for the monitoring, control and actuation of smart …

Shape sensing of variable cross-section beam using the inverse finite element method and isogeometric analysis

F Zhao, L Xu, H Bao, J Du - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
The inverse finite element method (IFEM), which is used to reconstruct the displacement
field from the discrete surface strain measurements, is of great significance to the …

A novel approach for displacement and stress monitoring of sandwich structures based on the inverse Finite Element Method

P Cerracchio, M Gherlone, M Di Sciuva, A Tessler - Composite Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
The real-time reconstruction of the displacement and stress fields from discrete-location
strain measurements is a fundamental feature for monitoring systems, which is generally …

A combined experimental/numerical study on deformation sensing of sandwich structures through inverse analysis of pre-extrapolated strain measurements

MA Abdollahzadeh, IE Tabrizi, A Kefal, M Yildiz - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Real-time reconstruction of displacement field from a network of discrete strain sensors is
referred to as “shape (deformation) sensing” for which inverse finite element method (iFEM) …

Nonlinear deformation monitoring of elastic beams based on isogeometric iFEM approach

F Zhao, A Kefal, H Bao - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape sensing plays a key role in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and has become an
excellent methodology for large-scale engineering structures to achieve significant …

Optimal sensor placement for reliable virtual sensing using modal expansion and information theory

T Ercan, C Papadimitriou - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
A framework for optimal sensor placement (OSP) for virtual sensing using the modal
expansion technique and taking into account uncertainties is presented based on …

Geometrically nonlinear deformation reconstruction of based on Euler–Bernoulli beam theory using a nonlinear iFEM algorithm

F Zhao, H Bao, F Zhang - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Deformation reconstruction plays a vital role in the structural health monitoring systems. The
inverse finite element method (iFEM) has been demonstrated to be an accurate and robust …