System and method for detecting structural damage
First Claim
1. A system for determining stiffness parameters of a structure, comprising:
- a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining natural frequency data of said structure, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said natural frequency data.
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting structural damage is provided that utilizes a general order perturbation methodology involving multiple perturbation parameters. The perturbation methodology is used iteratively in conjunction with an optimization method to identify the stiffness parameters of structures using natural frequencies and/or mode shape information. The stiffness parameters are then used to determine the location and extent of damage in a structure. A novel stochastic model is developed to model the random impact series produced manually or to generate a random impact series in a random impact device. The random impact series method or the random impact device can be used to excite a structure and generate vibration information used to obtain the stiffness parameters of the structure. The method or the device can also just be used for modal testing purposes. The random impact device is a high energy, random, and high signal-to-noise ratio system.
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46 Claims
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1. A system for determining stiffness parameters of a structure, comprising:
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a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining natural frequency data of said structure, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said natural frequency data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for determining stiffness parameters of a structure, comprising:
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a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information and determining said stiffness parameters with an iterative processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A stiffness parameter unit for determining stiffness parameters for a structure, comprising:
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an input for receiving vibration data related to the structure;
an analyzer for converting said vibration data to spectral data; and
an interative processing unit for receiving said spectral data and outputting said stiffness parameters using natural frequencies of the structure.
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12. A stiffness parameter unit for determining stiffness parameters for a structure, comprising:
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an input for receiving vibration data related to the structure;
an analyzer for converting said vibration data to spectral data; and
an interative processing unit for receiving said spectral data and outputting said stiffness parameters using a perturbation process. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system for determining damage information of a structure, comprising:
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a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information;
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining natural frequency data of said structure, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said natural frequency data; and
a damage information processor for receiving said stiffness parameters and outputting damage information. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a structure;
a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining natural frequency data of said structure, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said natural frequency data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A device, comprising:
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a random signal generating unit for generating first and second outputs;
a random impact actuator for receiving said first and second outputs; and
an impact applicator coupled to said random impact actuator and having an impact region;
wherein said random impact actuator drives said impact applicator such that the force and arrival times of said impact applicator at said impact region are random. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A system, comprising:
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a structure;
a random impact device for inducing vibrations in said structure;
a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining natural frequency data of said structure, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said natural frequency data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for determining stiffness parameters of a structure, comprising:
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a sensor arranged to measure vibrations of said structure and output vibration information; and
a stiffness parameter unit for receiving said vibration information, determining mode shape information, and determining the stiffness parameters of said structure using said mode shape information. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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