Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is crucial for ensuring the safety and longevity of military training aircraft, which face demanding conditions such as high maneuverability, variable loads, and extreme environments, leading to structural fatigue. Traditional methods, such as modal analysis, often...
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| description | Structural health monitoring (SHM) is crucial for ensuring the safety and longevity of military training aircraft, which face demanding conditions such as high maneuverability, variable loads, and extreme environments, leading to structural fatigue. Traditional methods, such as modal analysis, often struggle to handle the multivariate complexity of operational conditions and data variability. Recently, deep learning has emerged as a promising alternative to overcome these limitations. However, deep learning models typically operate in a unidirectional manner, where feedback to the inputs is often neglected. In contrast, biological neurons utilize feedback mechanisms to refine and adapt their responses in natural ecosystems, enabling adaptive learning and error correction. In this context, this study proposes an innovative Convolutional Neural Network with Reversed Mapping (CNN-RM) approach to SHM, which incorporates feedback loops and self-correcting mechanisms. Before feeding the data into CNN-RM, the dataset complexity is reduced through time-series-to-images Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), followed by a denoising CNN (DnCNN) to mitigate complex behavior under various conditions. For application, this study utilizes a massive dataset collected from multivariate sensors installed on a decommissioned military training aircraft previously used by the British Royal Air Force and now housed in a laboratory environment. The results revealed that the overall mean of classification metrics for the CNN is 0.9673 (training) and 0.9422 (testing), while for CNN-MR, it is 0.9764 (training) and 0.9515 (testing), showing an improvement of 0.94% in training and 1.00% in testing. These results highlight significant advancements in SHM, recommending the consideration of such learning mechanisms in neural learning models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff52c45c6c7e43fda32b1859389a4abc2025-08-20T03:43:22ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022025-02-0113317910.3390/machines13030179Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural NetworksTarek Berghout0Laboratory of Automation and Manufacturing Engineering, Batna 2 University, Batna 05000, AlgeriaStructural health monitoring (SHM) is crucial for ensuring the safety and longevity of military training aircraft, which face demanding conditions such as high maneuverability, variable loads, and extreme environments, leading to structural fatigue. Traditional methods, such as modal analysis, often struggle to handle the multivariate complexity of operational conditions and data variability. Recently, deep learning has emerged as a promising alternative to overcome these limitations. However, deep learning models typically operate in a unidirectional manner, where feedback to the inputs is often neglected. In contrast, biological neurons utilize feedback mechanisms to refine and adapt their responses in natural ecosystems, enabling adaptive learning and error correction. In this context, this study proposes an innovative Convolutional Neural Network with Reversed Mapping (CNN-RM) approach to SHM, which incorporates feedback loops and self-correcting mechanisms. Before feeding the data into CNN-RM, the dataset complexity is reduced through time-series-to-images Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), followed by a denoising CNN (DnCNN) to mitigate complex behavior under various conditions. For application, this study utilizes a massive dataset collected from multivariate sensors installed on a decommissioned military training aircraft previously used by the British Royal Air Force and now housed in a laboratory environment. The results revealed that the overall mean of classification metrics for the CNN is 0.9673 (training) and 0.9422 (testing), while for CNN-MR, it is 0.9764 (training) and 0.9515 (testing), showing an improvement of 0.94% in training and 1.00% in testing. These results highlight significant advancements in SHM, recommending the consideration of such learning mechanisms in neural learning models.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/13/3/179convolutional neural networksdeep learningfeedback correction mechanismmilitary training aircraftneural networksstructural health monitoring |
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| title | Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks |
| title_full | Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks |
| title_fullStr | Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks |
| title_short | Military Training Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Leveraging an Innovative Biologically Inspired Feedback Mechanism for Neural Networks |
| title_sort | military training aircraft structural health monitoring leveraging an innovative biologically inspired feedback mechanism for neural networks |
| topic | convolutional neural networks deep learning feedback correction mechanism military training aircraft neural networks structural health monitoring |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/13/3/179 |
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