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 …

[HTML][HTML] Structural deformation monitoring of flight vehicles based on optical fiber sensing technology: a review and future perspectives

L Zhu, G Sun, W Bao, Z You, F Meng, M Dong - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural deformation monitoring of flight vehicles based on optical fiber sensing (OFS)
technology has been a focus of research in the field of aerospace. After nearly 30 years of …

A smoothed iFEM approach for efficient shape-sensing applications: Numerical and experimental validation on composite structures

A Kefal, IE Tabrizi, M Yildiz, A Tessler - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A smoothed inverse finite element method (iFEM (s)) is developed by coupling the inverse
finite element method (iFEM) and the smoothing element analysis (SEA) for real-time …

An efficient curved inverse-shell element for shape sensing and structural health monitoring of cylindrical marine structures

A Kefal - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Known as “shape sensing”, real-time reconstruction of a structure's three-dimensional
displacements using a network of in situ strain sensors and measured strains is a vital …

Coupling of peridynamics and inverse finite element method for shape sensing and crack propagation monitoring of plate structures

A Kefal, C Diyaroglu, M Yildiz, E Oterkus - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel structural health monitoring approach is developed by coupling the inverse finite
element method (iFEM) and peridynamic theory (PD) for real-time shape sensing analysis …

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 experimental implementation of inverse finite element method for real-time shape and strain sensing of composite and sandwich structures

A Kefal, IE Tabrizi, M Tansan, E Kisa, M Yildiz - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the inverse finite element method (iFEM) is experimentally applied to real-time
displacement reconstruction of a moderately thick wing-shaped sandwich structure via a …

Experimental and numerical investigation on fracture behavior of glass/carbon fiber hybrid composites using acoustic emission method and refined zigzag theory

IE Tabrizi, A Kefal, JSM Zanjani, C Akalin, M Yildiz - Composite structures, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, damage evolution in glass/carbon fiber hybrid composites with various stacking
sequences is investigated under pure bending and tensile loading conditions. Based on the …

Definition of a load adaptive baseline by inverse finite element method for structural damage identification

L Colombo, C Sbarufatti, M Giglio - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
One principle limitation to the implementation of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems
in real structures is the influence of different operational conditions with respect to those …

Isogeometric iFEM analysis of thin shell structures

A Kefal, E Oterkus - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Shape sensing is one of most crucial components of typical structural health monitoring
systems and has become a promising technology for future large-scale engineering …