A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam

Over the last few decades, the damage identification methods of civil and mechanical structures have been drawing much interest from various fields. Wavelet analysis, a relatively new mathematical and signal processing tool, is one of such methods that have been studied recently. It is a time–freque...

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Main Author: Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling ump-83202015-11-12T08:39:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8320/ A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi TP Chemical technology Over the last few decades, the damage identification methods of civil and mechanical structures have been drawing much interest from various fields. Wavelet analysis, a relatively new mathematical and signal processing tool, is one of such methods that have been studied recently. It is a time–frequency analysis that provides more detailed information about non-stationary signals which traditional Fourier analysis miss. This rather new method has been applied to various fields including civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering, especially for damage detection. The purpose of this paper is to provide the review of the research that has been conducted on damage detection by wavelet analysis. First, the theory of wavelet analysis is presented including continuous wavelet transform followed by its application. This paper proposes damage detection in beam-like structures with small cracks, whose crack ratio [r = Hc/H] in between 10% to 20%, without baseline modal parameters. The approach is based on the difference of the continuous wavelet transforms (CWTs) of two sets of mode shape data which correspond to the uncrack cantilever beam with the crack cantilever beam. The mode shape data of a cracked beam are apparently smooth curves, but actually exhibit local peaks or discontinuities in the region of damage because they include additional response due to the cracks. The modal responses of the crack cantilever beams used are computed using the modal testing method. The results demonstrate whether the crack can be detect on the cantilever beam using the CWT, and they provide a better crack indicator than the result of the CWT of the original mode shape data. The effects of crack location and sampling interval are examined. The experimental and the analysis results show that the proposed method has great potential in crack detection of beam-like structures as it does not require the modal parameter of an uncrack beam as a baseline for crack detection. It can be recommended for real applications 2013-06 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8320/1/CD8053_%40_81.pdf Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi (2013) A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:47101&theme=UMP2
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A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
description Over the last few decades, the damage identification methods of civil and mechanical structures have been drawing much interest from various fields. Wavelet analysis, a relatively new mathematical and signal processing tool, is one of such methods that have been studied recently. It is a time–frequency analysis that provides more detailed information about non-stationary signals which traditional Fourier analysis miss. This rather new method has been applied to various fields including civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering, especially for damage detection. The purpose of this paper is to provide the review of the research that has been conducted on damage detection by wavelet analysis. First, the theory of wavelet analysis is presented including continuous wavelet transform followed by its application. This paper proposes damage detection in beam-like structures with small cracks, whose crack ratio [r = Hc/H] in between 10% to 20%, without baseline modal parameters. The approach is based on the difference of the continuous wavelet transforms (CWTs) of two sets of mode shape data which correspond to the uncrack cantilever beam with the crack cantilever beam. The mode shape data of a cracked beam are apparently smooth curves, but actually exhibit local peaks or discontinuities in the region of damage because they include additional response due to the cracks. The modal responses of the crack cantilever beams used are computed using the modal testing method. The results demonstrate whether the crack can be detect on the cantilever beam using the CWT, and they provide a better crack indicator than the result of the CWT of the original mode shape data. The effects of crack location and sampling interval are examined. The experimental and the analysis results show that the proposed method has great potential in crack detection of beam-like structures as it does not require the modal parameter of an uncrack beam as a baseline for crack detection. It can be recommended for real applications
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi
author_facet Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi
author_sort Muhammad 'Afif, Mohamed Azmi
title A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
title_short A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
title_full A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
title_fullStr A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
title_full_unstemmed A wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
title_sort wavelet analysis for crack location detection on cantilever beam
publishDate 2013
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8320/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8320/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8320/1/CD8053_%40_81.pdf
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