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AuthorGregory A.
AuthorLau F.D.-H.
AuthorGirolami M.
AuthorButler L.J.
AuthorElshafie M.Z.E.B.
Available date2020-04-23T14:21:35Z
Publication Date2019
Publication NameJournal of Computational Physics
ResourceScopus
ISSN219991
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.04.065
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/14388
AbstractAt the heart of structural engineering research is the use of data obtained from physical structures such as bridges, viaducts and buildings. These data can represent how the structure responds to various stimuli over time when in operation. Many models have been proposed in literature to represent such data, such as linear statistical models. Based upon these models, the health of the structure is reasoned about, e.g. through damage indices, changes in likelihood and statistical parameter estimates. On the other hand, physics-based models are typically used when designing structures to predict how the structure will respond to operational stimuli. These models represent how the structure responds to stimuli under idealised conditions. What remains unclear in the literature is how to combine the observed data with information from the idealised physics-based model into a model that describes the responses of the operational structure. This paper introduces a new approach which fuses together observed data from a physical structure during operation and information from a mathematical model. The observed data are combined with data simulated from the physics-based model using a multi-output Gaussian process formulation. The novelty of this method is how the information from observed data and the physics-based model is balanced to obtain a representative model of the structures response to stimuli. We present our method using data obtained from a fibre-optic sensor network installed on experimental railway sleepers. The curvature of the sleeper at sensor and also non-sensor locations is modelled, guided by the mathematical representation. We discuss how this approach can be used to reason about changes in the structures behaviour over time using simulations and experimental data. The results show that the methodology can accurately detect such changes. They also indicate that the methodology can infer information about changes in the parameters within the physics-based model, including those governing components of the structure not measured directly by sensors such as the ballast foundation. - 2019
SponsorThis work was supported by The Alan Turing Institute under the EPSRC grant EP/N510129/1 and the Turing-Lloyd's Register Foundation Programme for Data-Centric Engineering. The authors would also like to acknowledge EPSRC (grant nos. EP/P020720/1 , EP/R018413/1 , EP/R034710/1 , EP/R004889/1 ) and Innovate UK (grant no. 920035 ) for funding this research through the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) Innovation and Knowledge Centre. Research related to installation of the sensor system was carried out under EPSRC grant no. EP/N021614 . Mark Girolami is supported by a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering .
Languageen
PublisherAcademic Press Inc.
SubjectDamage detection
Data-centric engineering
Gaussian processes
Structural health monitoring
TitleThe synthesis of data from instrumented structures and physics-based models via Gaussian processes
TypeArticle
Pagination248-265
Volume Number392
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