Smart technologies for safety engineering [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jan Holnicki-Szulc

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.8/6; 620.86
• Soggetto topico: Smart materials; Smart structures; Automatic data collection systems
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Holnicki-SzulcJan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Smart Technologies for Safety Engineering; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Organization of the Book; 1 Introduction to Smart Technologies; 1.1 Smart Technologies - 30 Years of History; 1.2 Smart-Tech Hardware Issues; 1.2.1 Structual Health Monitoring; 1.2.2 Adaptive Impact Absorption; 1.3 Smart-Tech Software Issues; References; 2 The Virtual Distortion Method -A Versatile Reanalysis Tool; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Overview of Reanalysis Methods; 2.3 Virtual Distortion Method - The Main Idea; 2.4 VDM in Structural Statics; 2.4.1 Influence Matrix in Statics ; 2.4.2 Stiffness Remodeling in Statics2.4.3 Plasticity in Statics; 2.4.4 Example 1 in Statics; 2.4.5 Example 2 in Statics; 2.5 VDM in Structural Dynamics; 2.5.1 Influence Matrices in Dynamics; 2.5.2 Stiffness Remodeling in Dynamics; 2.5.3 Plasticity in Dynamics; 2.5.4 Mass Remodeling in Dynamics; 2.6 VDM-Based Sensitivity Analysis; 2.7 Versatility of VDM in System Modeling; 2.8 Recapitulation; 2.8.1 General Remarks; 2.8.2 Applications of the VDM to Structures; 2.8.3 Applications of the VDM to Nonstructural Systems; References; 3 VDM-Based Health Monitoring of Engineering Systems ; 3.1 Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring3.2 Damage Identification in Skeletal Structures; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Time Domain (VDM-T) versus Frequency Domain (VDM-F); 3.2.3 Modifications in Beams; 3.2.4 Problem Formulation and Optimization Issues; 3.2.5 Numerical Algorithm; 3.2.6 Numerical Examples; 3.2.7 Experimental Verification; 3.2.8 Conclusions; 3.3 Modeling and Identification of Delamination in Double-Layer Beams; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Modeling of Delamination; 3.3.3 Identification of Delamination; 3.3.4 Conclusions; 3.4 Leakage Identification in Water Networks ; 3.4.1 Introduction3.4.2 Modeling of Water Networks and Analogies to Truss Structures; 3.4.3 VDM-Based Simulation of Parameter Modification; 3.4.4 Leakage Identification; 3.4.5 Numerical Examples; 3.4.6 Conclusions; 3.5 Damage Identification in Electrical Circuits; 3.5.1 Introduction; 3.5.2 Modeling of Electrical Circuits and Analogies to Truss Structures; 3.5.3 VDM Formulation; 3.5.4 Defect Identification; 3.5.5 Numerical Example; 3.5.6 Conclusions; References; 4 Dynamic Load Monitoring; 4.1 Real-Time Dynamic Load Identification; 4.1.1 Impact Load Characteristics; 4.1.2 Solution Map Approach ; 4.1.3 Approach Based on Force and Acceleration4.1.4 Approaches Based on Conservation of Momentum; 4.1.5 Experimental Test Stand; 4.1.6 Experimental Verification; 4.1.7 Comparison of Approaches; 4.2 Observer Technique for On-Line Load Monitoring; 4.2.1 State-Space Representation of Mechanical Systems; 4.2.2 State Estimation and Observability; 4.2.3 Model-Based Input Estimation; 4.2.4 Unknown Input Observer; 4.2.5 Numerical Examples; 4.3 Off-Line Identification of Dynamic Loads; 4.3.1 Response to Dynamic Loading; 4.3.2 Load Reconstruction; 4.3.3 Optimum Sensor Location; 4.3.4 Numerical Example ; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Smart technologies comprise a dynamic new interdisciplinary research field that encompasses a wide spectrum of engineering applications including, but not limited to, intelligent structures and materials, actuators, sensors and structural observability, control systems and software tools for the design of adaptive structures. Smart technologies focus on the issues surrounding the safety and integrity of engineering systems. Smart Technologies for Safety Engineering presents the achievements of ten years of research from the Smart-Tech Centre applied to some of the key issues of safety
• Titolo autorizzato: Smart technologies for safety engineering
• ISBN: 1-282-34348-3; 9786612343483; 0-470-75859-7; 0-470-75860-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144426903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II