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A Cyberphysical Structural Health Monitoring Framework for Threshold-Free Active Signal Detection and Classification on the Edge
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The increased focus on predictive maintenance of safety-critical engineering structures requires an onboard structural health monitoring system, which is reliable and robust to provide accurate predictions of health metrics ... -
A Data-Driven, Statistical Feature-Based, Neural Network Method for Rotary Seal Prognostics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Failure of the rotary seal is one of the foremost causes of breakdown in rotary machinery, and such a failure can be catastrophic, resulting in costly downtime and large expenses. Assessing the performance degradation of ... -
A Data-Driven, Statistical Feature-Based, Neural Network Method for Rotary Seal Prognostics
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Failure of the rotary seal is one of the foremost causes of breakdown in rotary machinery, and such a failure can be catastrophic, resulting in costly downtime and large expenses. Assessing the performance degradation of ... -
A Defects Localization Algorithm Based on the Lamb Wave of Plate Structure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Defect imaging algorithms play an important role in Lamb waves based researches of nondestructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM). In classical algorithms, the location or distribution of defects is ... -
A Development Strategy for Structural Health Monitoring Applications1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Permanently installed structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are now a viable alternative to traditional periodic inspection (nondestructive testing (NDT)). However, their industrial use is limited, and this article ... -
A Feature Extraction Method for Prognostic Health Assessment of Gas Compressor Valves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This article presents features derived from the pressure–volume (PV) diagram that is useful in estimating different valve faults in reciprocating compressors with a strong potential of remaining useful life prediction. The ... -
A Hybrid Actuator Model for Efficient Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Simulation has been recognized as a promising option to reduce the time and costs associated with determining probability of detection curves to demonstrate the performance of guided wave-based structural health monitoring ... -
A Model-Based Study of Transmit-Receive Longitudinal Arrays for Inspection of Subsurface Defects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Dual matrix transmit-receive longitudinal (TRL) arrays have been shown to provide an improved signal to noise ratio in the near field zone which makes them the most suitable array configuration for the inspection of ... -
A Monte Carlo Method to Decision-Making in Maintenance Strategies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Health prognosis is an advanced approach for anticipating the future status of systems, structures, and components. While it is accepted as an important step in boosting maintenance performance and resilience of a system, ... -
A Novel Model-Based Framework for Power Consumption Prognosis in Multirotors Applied to the Battery End of Discharge Prognostics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Accurately estimating the time of battery end of discharge (EOD) in electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provides assurance that a given mission can be completed before the energy stored in the battery runs out and ... -
A Theoretical/Numerical Study on Ultrasound Wave Coupling From Structure to Remotely Bonded Fiber Bragg Grating Ultrasound Sensor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Recently published experimental works on remotely bonded fiber Bragg grating (FBG) ultrasound (US) sensors show that they display some unique characteristics that are not observed with directly bonded FBG sensors. These ... -
Alkali Activated Fly Ash-Based Concrete: Evaluation of Curing Process Using Non-Linear Ultrasonic Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper investigates the applicability of the nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT& -
Amplification of Lamb-Wave Detection via Fiber Bragg Gratings Using Ultrasonic Horns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are often applied as Lamb wave detectors for structural health monitoring (SHM) systems. Analyzing the measured signal for the identification of structural damage requires a high signal-to-noise ... -
An Improved Damage Index for Nondestructive Evaluation of a Disbond in Honeycomb Sandwich Structure Using Guided Waves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Honeycomb sandwich structures (HSS) are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their high strength-to-stiffness ratio. However, these materials are susceptible to damage during manufacturing or service that can cause ... -
An Improved Technique for Elastodynamic Green's Function Computation for Transversely Isotropic Solids
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Elastodynamic Green's function for anisotropic solids is required for wave propagation modeling in composites. Such modeling is needed for the interpretation of experimental results generated by ultrasonic excitation or ... -
An Integrated Dimension Theory and Modulation Signal Bispectrum Technique for Analyzing Bearing Fault in Industrial Fibrizer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study investigates the dynamics of roller bearings by utilizing the dimension theory technique to diagnose the bearing clearance faults of revolving machines. The generation of local defects in rotating machines is ... -
An Intelligent Prediction for Detecting Bearing Vibration Characteristics Using a Machine Learning Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Bearing failure in the heavy rotating machines results in shut down of many other machines and affects the overall cost and quality of the product. Condition monitoring of bearing systems acts as a preventive and corrective ... -
Analysis on Power Flow of Lamb Waves Generated by Laser Illumination in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Laser ultrasonics using guided waves excited by laser irradiation has attracted attention as an efficient nondestructive inspection method for carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite laminates. In this article, ... -
Application of Mechano-Luminescence-Optoelectronic Composites for Delamination Detection in Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have attracted significant attention from the aerospace industry in recent years. FRP composites have the advantage of being light weight, high strength, and resistant to corrosion ... -
Array-Based Guided Wave Source Location Using Dispersion Compensation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)An important advantage of guided waves is their ability to propagate large distances and yield more information about flaws than bulk waves. Unfortunately, the multi-modal, dispersive nature of guided waves makes them ...