Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage

The growing importance of state assessments in civil engineering has led to intensive research into the development of damage identification methods based on vibrations. Natural frequencies and modal shapes have garnered great interest because modal parameters are invariant of structure. Moreover, t...

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Main Authors: Giorgio de Alteriis, Giulio Mariniello, Tommaso Pastore, Alessia Teresa Silvestri, Giuseppe Augugliaro, Ida Papallo, Canio Mennuti, Antonio Bilotta, Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello, Domenico Asprone
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author Giorgio de Alteriis
Giulio Mariniello
Tommaso Pastore
Alessia Teresa Silvestri
Giuseppe Augugliaro
Ida Papallo
Canio Mennuti
Antonio Bilotta
Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello
Domenico Asprone
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Tommaso Pastore
Alessia Teresa Silvestri
Giuseppe Augugliaro
Ida Papallo
Canio Mennuti
Antonio Bilotta
Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello
Domenico Asprone
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description The growing importance of state assessments in civil engineering has led to intensive research into the development of damage identification methods based on vibrations. Natural frequencies and modal shapes have garnered great interest because modal parameters are invariant of structure. Moreover, thanks to the global nature of modal parameters, their variations are not limited to the location of the damage. This is an important advantage that offers the opportunity to identify damage with sensors whose position does not have to coincide with the damaged area. The integration of MEMS sensors into structural health monitoring (SHM) systems offers a promising approach to long-term structural maintenance, especially in large-scale infrastructure. This paper presents an anomaly detection technique that analyzes raw sequential data within a statistical framework to detect damage that causes prestress loss of the tendon by exploiting a distributed monitoring system composed of six high-performance MEMS sensors. The proposed system is preliminarily evaluated to identify the frequency of the first mode, and then the proposed methodology is validated on acceleration data collected on a 240 cm beam in three different damage configurations, achieving a high detection accuracy and showing that its output can also evaluate the damage localization.
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spelling doaj-art-d556a583676942219aca8e1789d1c0e32025-01-10T13:21:29ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125128910.3390/s25010289Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural DamageGiorgio de Alteriis0Giulio Mariniello1Tommaso Pastore2Alessia Teresa Silvestri3Giuseppe Augugliaro4Ida Papallo5Canio Mennuti6Antonio Bilotta7Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello8Domenico Asprone9Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, ItalyNational Institute for Accident Insurance at Work (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00040 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, ItalyNational Institute for Accident Insurance at Work (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00040 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, ItalyThe growing importance of state assessments in civil engineering has led to intensive research into the development of damage identification methods based on vibrations. Natural frequencies and modal shapes have garnered great interest because modal parameters are invariant of structure. Moreover, thanks to the global nature of modal parameters, their variations are not limited to the location of the damage. This is an important advantage that offers the opportunity to identify damage with sensors whose position does not have to coincide with the damaged area. The integration of MEMS sensors into structural health monitoring (SHM) systems offers a promising approach to long-term structural maintenance, especially in large-scale infrastructure. This paper presents an anomaly detection technique that analyzes raw sequential data within a statistical framework to detect damage that causes prestress loss of the tendon by exploiting a distributed monitoring system composed of six high-performance MEMS sensors. The proposed system is preliminarily evaluated to identify the frequency of the first mode, and then the proposed methodology is validated on acceleration data collected on a 240 cm beam in three different damage configurations, achieving a high detection accuracy and showing that its output can also evaluate the damage localization.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/289distributed monitoring systemstructural health monitoringMEMSfrequency domain decompositionanomaly detection
spellingShingle Giorgio de Alteriis
Giulio Mariniello
Tommaso Pastore
Alessia Teresa Silvestri
Giuseppe Augugliaro
Ida Papallo
Canio Mennuti
Antonio Bilotta
Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello
Domenico Asprone
Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
Sensors
distributed monitoring system
structural health monitoring
MEMS
frequency domain decomposition
anomaly detection
title Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
title_full Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
title_fullStr Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
title_full_unstemmed Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
title_short Tendon Anomaly Identification in Prestressed Concrete Beams Based on an Advanced Monitoring MEMS and Data-Driven Detection of Structural Damage
title_sort tendon anomaly identification in prestressed concrete beams based on an advanced monitoring mems and data driven detection of structural damage
topic distributed monitoring system
structural health monitoring
MEMS
frequency domain decomposition
anomaly detection
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/289
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