A Two-Dimensional Eight-Node Quadrilateral Inverse Element for Shape Sensing and Structural Health Monitoring [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is a powerful tool for shape sensing and structural health monitoring and has several advantages with respect to some other existing approaches.
Mingyang Li +2 more
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Application of Inverse Finite Element Method to Shape Sensing of Curved Beams [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Curved beam, plate, and shell finite elements are commonly used in the finite element modeling of a wide range of civil and mechanical engineering structures.
Pierclaudio Savino +3 more
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Hybrid Shell-Beam Inverse Finite Element Method for the Shape Sensing of Stiffened Thin-Walled Structures: Formulation and Experimental Validation on a Composite Wing-Shaped Panel [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 This work presents a novel methodology for the accurate and efficient elastic deformation reconstruction of thin-walled and stiffened structures from discrete strains.
Marco Esposito +3 more
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Full-Field Strain Reconstruction Using Uniaxial Strain Measurements: Application to Damage Detection [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2021 This work investigates the inverse problem of reconstructing the continuous displacement field of a structure using a spatially distributed set of discrete uniaxial strain data. The proposed technique is based on the inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM),
Rinto Roy +3 more
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Two-node Curved Inverse Finite Element Formulations based on ‎Exact Strain-displacement Solution [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2023 The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is an efficient algorithm developed for real-time monitoring of structures equipped by a network of strain sensors.
Pierclaudio Savino, Francesco Tondolo
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Variable Thickness Strain Pre-Extrapolation for the Inverse Finite Element Method [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 The inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) has recently gained much popularity within the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) field since, given sparse strain measurements, it reconstructs the displacement field of any beam or shell structure independently ...
Dario Poloni +3 more
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A Large-Scale Sensor Layout Optimization Algorithm for Improving the Accuracy of Inverse Finite Element Method [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 The inverse finite element method (iFEM) based on fiber grating sensors has been demonstrated as a shape sensing method for health monitoring of large and complex engineering structures.
Zhenyi Zhao +3 more
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Improved Adaptive Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization of Sensor Layout for Shape Sensing with Inverse Finite Element Method [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 The inverse finite element method (iFEM) is one of the most effective deformation reconstruction techniques for shape sensing, which is widely applied in structural health monitoring. The distribution of strain sensors affects the reconstruction accuracy
Xiaohan Li +3 more
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Sensor Placement Optimization for Shape Sensing of Plates and Shells Using Genetic Algorithm and Inverse Finite Element Method [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 This paper reports the first investigation of the inverse finite element method (iFEM) coupled with the genetic algorithm (GA) to optimize sensor placement models of plate/shell structures for their real-time and full-field deformation reconstruction ...
Maryam Ghasemzadeh, Adnan Kefal
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The Enhanced Measurement Method Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring [PDF]
MicromachinesThe effective measurement method plays a vital role in the structural health monitoring (SHM) field, which provides accurate and real-time information concerning structural conditions and performance.
Shengtao Niu, Ru Li
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