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Simplified vibration response prediction for slender monumental stairs
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Slender monumental stairs are major architectural features in hotels, condominiums, hospitals, and other high-end building structures. Architectural requirements for these are usually very aggressive, with long spans and ...
Sensing and monitoring for stadium structures: A review of recent advances and a forward look
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2017 , Article Review)
Stadiums like those used for sporting or concert events are distinct from other civil engineering structures due to several different characteristics. Some challenges mainly originate from the interaction with the human ...
Active vibration control of flexible cantilever plates using piezoelectric materials and artificial neural networks
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Academic Press
, 2016 , Article)
The study presented in this paper introduces a new intelligent methodology to mitigate the vibration response of flexible cantilever plates. The use of the piezoelectric sensor/actuator pairs for active control of plates ...
Nonexplosive Deconstruction of Steel Girder Highway Bridges
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2017 , Article)
While the transportation system of the United States rapidly ages and expands, there is increasing demand for the demolition, replacement, modification, or rehabilitation of existing bridges; all of these actions require ...
Wireless and real-time structural damage detection: A novel decentralized method for wireless sensor networks
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Being an alternative to conventional wired sensors, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are extensively used in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applications. Most of the Structural Damage Detection (SDD) ...
Real-time vibration-based structural damage detection using one-dimensional convolutional neural networks
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Academic Press
, 2017 , Article)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) and vibration-based structural damage detection have been a continuous interest for civil, mechanical and aerospace engineers over the decades. Early and meticulous damage detection has ...
Optimization of linear zigzag insert metastructures for low-frequency vibration attenuation using genetic algorithms
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Academic Press
, 2017 , Article)
Vibration suppression remains a crucial issue in the design of structures and machines. Recent studies have shown that with the use of metamaterial inspired structures (or metastructures), considerable vibration attenuation ...
Nonparametric structural damage detection algorithm for ambient vibration response: Utilizing artificial neural networks and self-organizing maps
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2016 , Article)
This study presentes a new nonparametric structural damage detection algorithm that integrates self-organizing maps with a pattern-recognition neural network to quantify and locate structural damage. In this algorithm, ...
Self-organizing maps for structural damage detection: A novel unsupervised vibration-based algorithm
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2016 , Article)
The study presented in this paper is arguably the first study to use a self-organizing map (SOM) for global structural damage detection. A novel unsupervised vibration-based damage detection algorithm is introduced using ...
Optimization of chiral lattice based metastructures for broadband vibration suppression using genetic algorithms
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Academic Press
, 2016 , Article)
One of the major challenges in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering is to develop vibration suppression systems with high efficiency and low cost. Recent studies have shown that high damping performance at broadband ...