Marks, Ryan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-7044, Clarke, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-6000, Featherston, Carol A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-2882 and Pullin, Rhys ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2853-6099 2017. Optimization of acousto-ultrasonic sensor networks using genetic algorithms based on experimental and numerical datasets. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 13 (11) 10.1177/1550147717743702 |
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Abstract
Aircraft structural damage detection is becoming of increased importance. Technologies such as acousto-ultrasonic have been suggested for this application; however, an optimization strategy for sensor network design is required to ensure a high detection probability while minimizing sensor network mass. A methodology for optimizing acousto-ultrasonic transducer placement for adhesive disbond detection on metallic aerospace structures is presented. Experimental data sets were acquired using three-dimensional scanning laser vibrometry enabling in-plane and out-of-plane Lamb wave components to be considered. This approach employs a novel multi-sensor site strategy which is difficult to achieve with physical transducers. Different excitation frequencies and source–damage–sensor paths were considered. A fitness assessment criterion which compared baseline and damaged data sets using cross-correlation coefficients was developed empirically. Efficient sensor network optimization was achieved using a bespoke genetic algorithm for different network sizes with the effectiveness assessed and discussed. A comparable numerical data set was also produced using the local interaction simulation approach and optimized using the same methodology. Comparable results with those of the experimental data set indicated a good agreement. As such, the numerical approach demonstrates that acousto-ultrasonic sensor networks can be optimized using simulation (with some further refinement) during an aircraft design phase, being a useful tool to sensor network designers.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Engineering |
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications / Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
ISSN: | 1550-1329 |
Funders: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 1 November 2017 |
Date of Acceptance: | 21 October 2017 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2024 13:15 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/106113 |
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