{"title":"Predominant Research Themes in Using Machine Learning in Structural Health Monitoring","authors":"M. Akber, X. Zhang","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.13.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.13.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131532554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Recursive Model Updating Algorithm for Multi-element Hybrid Simulation of Structures","authors":"F. Mokhtari, A. Imanpour","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.10.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.10.2","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid simulation is a cost-effective method of testing structures under seismic loading that combines numerical and experimental methods through partitioning the structure into; 1) numerical substructure simulating the well-understood components of the structure, and 2) physical substructure representing the critical components of the structure. The hybrid simulation results can become biased and uncertain when only one or a limited number of potential critical components, e.g., seismic fuses, are physically tested due to laboratory or cost constraints. Furthermore, the critical components modelled in the numerical substructure are often calibrated using experimental test results of similar prototype specimens under a predefined loading protocol, which fails to consider the effects of dynamic loading characteristics to which it will be subjected in hybrid simulation. This paper proposes a new recursive model updating algorithm incorporated into the conventional seismic hybrid simulation framework to leverage the data collected in real-time from the physical specimen of one of the critical elements and integrate a new data-driven model into the numerical substructure. The data-driven model, which is being progressively updated owing to the proposed model updating algorithm, is responsible for predicting the nonlinear cyclic response of the other critical components of the system that are not physically tested. To develop the data-driven model, the parameters of the Prandtl-Ishlinskii model are first estimated using a sparse regression algorithm and then updated during the hybrid simulation using the recursive least-squares algorithm. The simulation accuracy of the model updating algorithm is assessed through nonlinear response history analysis of a two-storey steel buckling-restrained braced frame, which consists of a virtual experimental specimen (first-storey brace) and the model","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133221240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of an automated kriging-based methodology to calibrate PSO parameters: application to parametric optimization of truss structures","authors":"J. Tondut, N. Di Césaré, S. Ronel","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.4.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.4.5","url":null,"abstract":"For years, the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm has been widely studied and many improved versions have been developed: from the swarm's topologies to the addition of new parameters, including machine learning approaches. However, the tuning of the fundamental PSO parameters has been less studied, but may lead to significant improvements on the convergence accuracy of PSO. This paper aims to develop an automated methodology to calibrate PSO parameters for a given optimization problem. The process is based on the kriging estimation of the best combination of PSO parameters. In this way, the Automated Tuning parameter Calibration (ATpC) methodology gives the optimal PSO setup for each considered problem in order to lead to a better convergence accuracy. The proposed ATpC methodology is applied to parametric optimization of truss structures. ATpC methodology performance is assessed by comparison of two different PSO setups usually used in the literature. The numerical results show that the ATpC methodology allows to significantly improve the convergence accuracy of PSO.","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"95 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114131130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Framework for an artificial intelligence controlled seismic structural design system using ontologies and SysML","authors":"L. Xiang, G. Li, H. Li","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.10.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.10.4","url":null,"abstract":"The assessment and design of structure resilience under earthquakes have been a major concern for structural experts, and researchers have made improvements in terms of analytical methods, theoretical models, failure criteria, seismic reliability, and damage assessment. However, with increased knowledge sharing and collaborative work within the civil engineering industry, there is a growing interest in cross-disciplinary, multi-objective and holistic approaches to resilience design over single effort to improve structural resilience previously. Ontologies and the semantic web belonging to symbolic artificial intelligence are currently advantageous in organising multi-source information and automated data exchange, while the graphical system modelling language SysML is a state-of-the-art system tool for designing interdisciplinary tasks. However, civil engineering professionals have little exposure to knowledge engineering and systems engineering and lack the foundation to build joint work. This study therefore proposes a framework based on ontologies and SysML for a fully machine-controlled structural seismic system. Through ontologies, SysML graphical workflows, AI code and artifacts, we can construct command streaming that understands semantics, actively searches and bridges different disciplinary contexts, giving computers a simulated sense of autonomy to understand and perform cross-domain tasks without human intervention. The proposed architecture, when applied to multidisciplinary involvement in structural resilience design, allows the AI to control and integrate isolated seismic components","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122865633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Solution Strategy for Robust Topology Optimization when the Nominal and Expected Compliance are the Same","authors":"A. Csébfalvi, J. Lógó","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an anomaly resolving strategy is presented for such cases where the nominal and robust compliances are the same in the volume-constrained continuous topology optimization with directionally uncertain loads. In this investigation, the parametric normally and uniformly distributed expected compliance and the non-parametric total-compliance-variance are used as robustness measures. It will be proved by experimental evidence, that in the anomalous cases the result of the nominal-compliance minimization and the results of the minimization of the investigated robust measures form a pareto optimal point, therefore the volume-percentage increasing is the only way of the design robustness improving.","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129708067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance of a damage sensitive parameter obtained from different response-based bridge weigh-in-motion","authors":"D. Paul, K. Roy","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.13.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.13.3","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of bridge health monitoring (BHM) has increased considerably and has become an essential component in monitoring transportation network. Visual inspection is mostly used to monitor the structural health of bridges. However, it has some downsides such as variability in the judgment of individual inspecting personnel, the necessity of physical presence at the bridge location, inaccessibility at remote areas, and many more. Several BHM methods are available, however, there is no solution for any type of bridge and damage condition. This leaves greater scope for new technologies to be adopted for BHM. The bridge weigh-in-motion (B-WIM) is gaining much attention as a promising alternative approach to BHM. B-WIM system captures bridge response due to vehicles traversing over it and estimates the vehicle weights. The main advantages of the B-WIM system are durability, portability, and easy installation. In addition to the weight estimation, it provides other structural information and also overcomes the limitations of pavement-based weigh-in-motion (P-WIM) systems. A few damage sensitive parameters (DSPs) have recently been developed in the last decade using the B-WIM system. However, the performance of a DSP computed utilizing multiple response time histories from a single bridge under identical circumstances is seldom studied. In this paper, a 3D finite element (FE) bridge model of a real bridge is analyzed and acceleration, strain","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130539757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear quasi-static modelling of cable structures including geometric constraints","authors":"M. Ben Wesdou, N. Azouz, P. Joli, J. Néji","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.19.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.19.1","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is the modelling in large displacement of systems composed of a rigid platform suspended by flexible cables, as can be observed in lifting systems of a construction crane or in cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs). A recent approach has been proposed in the literature to model the nonlinear behavior of a cable element based on a three dimensional catenary elastic modelling and the general displacement control method (GDCM) as solver. In this paper, two options of this method are proposed to take into account the geometric constraints coupling the large displacements of the cable extremities. These two methods are tested and compared by numerical examples.","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130866562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Chácara, F. Cannizzaro, B. Pantò, D. Rapicavoli, P. Lourenço, I. Caliò
{"title":"Evaluation of the Response of a Masonry Cross Vault Subjected to Vertical Loading using the Discrete Macro-Element Method","authors":"C. Chácara, F. Cannizzaro, B. Pantò, D. Rapicavoli, P. Lourenço, I. Caliò","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.9.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.9.6","url":null,"abstract":"This paper was focused on the application of an innovative modelling approach, known as the Discrete Macro-Element Method (DMEM), for simulating the experimental response of a ribbed masonry cross vault subjected to vertical loading. This numerical approach is based on a simplified mechanical scheme which can simulate the main in-plane and out-of-plane mechanisms of masonry structures. The numerical model of the ribbed masonry cross vault, described by approximately 1250 degrees of freedom, was subjected to an incremental vertical load aiming at simulating the experimental setup. Two different values of cohesion (0.05 MPa and 0.10 MPa) were taken in consideration aiming at assessing the influence of this mechanical property on the nonlinear response of the masonry specimen when subjected to vertical loading. The displacement of three monitored points as well as the vertical reaction of the numerical model were assessed and compared to those obtained experimentally. It was observed that the numerical model presented a slightly higher stiffness than the experimental one; however, it was possible to replicate the","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128880657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive coupled discrete/continuous approach for the forming of materials","authors":"F. Yahya, C. Hubert, N. Leconte, L. Dubar","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.17.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.17.1","url":null,"abstract":"During the manufacturing process of train wheels, industries encounter limitations to study the fatigue cracking problem with the finite element method (FEM). Another method, the discrete element method (DEM), is more adapted to study these types of problems, but it is very expensive. This paper shows a strategy to switch from an initially purely FEM computation to a combined FEM-DEM computation. This switching made it possible to take advantage of both methods. To achieve this strategy, a coupling method and a field transfer method between FEM and DEM have been developed. To validate these methods, numerical test cases are carried out.","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116017593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pendulum Impact Hammer Tests on Spruce Glued Laminated Timber - Preliminary Results","authors":"A. S. Cao, M. Lolli, A. Frangi","doi":"10.4203/ccc.3.15.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4203/ccc.3.15.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":143311,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116430955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}