Fibre optic sensors for structural health monitoring of aircraft composite structures: Recent advances and applications

R Di Sante - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
In-service structural health monitoring of composite aircraft structures plays a key role in the
assessment of their performance and integrity. In recent years, Fibre Optic Sensors (FOS) …

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 …

A novel delamination damage detection strategy based on inverse finite element method for structural health monitoring of composite structures

F Ganjdoust, A Kefal, A Tessler - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, structural health monitoring (SHM) has been revolutionized with the advent
of the inverse finite element method (iFEM), which is a superior sensing technology based …

Composite wing box deformed-shape reconstruction based on measured strains: Optimization and comparison of existing approaches

M Esposito, M Gherlone - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure (shape sensing) has become
crucial for the Structural Health Monitoring of aerospace structures and for the progress of …

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 …

Displacement estimation using multimetric data fusion

JW Park, SH Sim, HJ Jung - IEEE/ASME Transactions On …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While displacement is valuable information for the structural behavior, measuring
displacements from large civil structures is often challenging and costly. To overcome …

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 …

Computer vision-based structural displacement measurement robust to light-induced image degradation for in-service bridges

J Lee, KC Lee, S Cho, SH Sim - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The displacement responses of a civil engineering structure can provide important
information regarding structural behaviors that help in assessing safety and serviceability. A …

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 …

Strain-based deformation shape-estimation algorithm for control and monitoring applications

A Derkevorkian, SF Masri, J Alvarenga, H Boussalis… - AIAA journal, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
A new deformation shape-sensing methodology is investigated for the purposes of real-time
condition assessment, control, and health monitoring of flexible lightweight aerospace …