Sensor placement identification in body sensor networks is an important feature, which could render such a system more robust, transparent to the user, and easy to wear for long term data collection. It can be considered an active measure to avoid th...
Structural Health Monitoring relies on accurate modal identification and effective damage detection to assess structural performance and safety. However, traditional sensor placement methods struggle to balance modal identification uncertainty, which...
Optimal sensor placement (OSP) for structural health monitoring of large-scale space grid structures must enable reliable identification of localized member deterioration with sparse instrumentation. Modal-based OSP criteria optimize observability of...
This paper addresses the application of six different optimal sensor placement (OSP) techniques in buildings. These techniques are the EFfective Independence (EFI), Optimal Driving Point (ODP), Non-Optimal Driving Point (NODP), Effective Independence...
The multi-sensor artificial lateral line system (ALLS) can identify the flow-field’s parameters to realize the closed-loop control of the underwater robotic fish. An inappropriate sensor placement of ALLS may result in inaccurate flow-field parametri...
Assessing ageing infrastructure is a critical challenge for civil engineers due to the difficulty in the estimation and integration of uncertainties in structural models. Field measurements are increasingly used to improve knowledge of the real behav...
Full-field non-contact vibration measurements provide a rich dataset for analysing structural dynamics. However, implementing the identification algorithm directly using high-spatial resolution data can be computationally expensive in modal identific...
Pressure sensor placement is critical to system safety and operation optimization of water supply networks (WSNs). The majority of existing studies focuses on sensitivity or burst identification ability of monitoring systems based on certain specific...
Our work quantifies how much sensor placement affects emission-rate inversion for candidate urban facilities and road segments relative to other design decisions, given that monitoring networks are sited for concentration mapping. We built a paired b...
Gas station canopy grid structures develop local damage during service life, necessitating regular inspection and maintenance to prevent structural collapse. However, conventional field inspection remains inefficient and highly dependent on manual op...
Good prediction of the behavior of wind around buildings improves designs for natural ventilation in warm climates. However wind modeling is complex, predictions are often inaccurate due to the large uncertainties in parameter values. The goal of thi...
The aim of this work is to optimize the sensor positions of a sensor–actuator measurement system for identifying local variations in the magnetic permeability of cut steel sheets. Before solving the actual identification problem, i.e., finding...
The arbitrary placement of sensors in concrete structures measures a considerable amount of unnecessary data. Optimal sensor placement methods are used to provide informative data with the least cost and maximum efficiency. In this study, a robust op...
As ageing structures and infrastructures become a global concern, structural health monitoring (SHM) is seen as a crucial tool for their cost-effective maintenance. Promising results obtained for modern and conventional constructions suggested the ap...
This paper presents a review of advances in the field of Sensor Placement Optimisation (SPO) strategies for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). This task has received a great deal of attention in the research literature, from initial foundations in t...
The implementation of condition monitoring for damage identification and the generation of a reliable digital twin are essential elements of preventive conservation. The application of this promising approach to Cultural Heritage (CH) sites is deemed...
Operational modal analysis (OMA) is widely used for its simplicity and reliance on ambient noise. While commercial OMA software exists, they often limit user control. Some researchers develop their own tools, but independent software tools remain sca...
In-service prestressed concrete box girder bridges have received increasing attention in recent years due to a large number of bridges reaching decades in service. Therefore, the ageing of infrastructure demands the development of robust condition as...
Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors are widely used for motion analysis in sports and rehabilitation. The attachment of IMU sensors to predefined body segments and sides (left/right) is complex, time-consuming, and error-prone. Methods for solvin...
Automated vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) strategies have been recently proven to be promising in the presence of aging and material deterioration threatening the safety of civil structures. Within such a framework, ensuring high-q...
Smart parking is a typical IoT application that can benefit from advances in sensor, actuator and RFID technologies to provide many services to its users and parking owners of a smart city. This paper considers a smart parking infrastructure where se...
The long-term preservation of heritage structures relies on effective Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems, where sensor placement is key to ensuring early damage detection and guiding conservation efforts. Optimal Sensor Placement (OSP) method...
Currently, it is becoming increasingly common to find numerous electronic devices installed in office and residential spaces as part of building automation solutions. These devices provide a rich set of data related to the inside and outside environm...
Observational data collected during experiments, such as the planned Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE), are critical for evaluating and transitioning coupled fire-atmosphere models like WRF-SFIRE and WRF-SFIRE-CHEM into operational...
Large-amplitude and long-term vibration deformation under external environmental loads often occurs on tensile membrane structures. Proper sensor placement plays a vital role in effectively achieving the objectives of a structural health monitoring s...
It is important to place water quality sensors along open channels in long-distance water transfer projects optimally for rapid source identification and efficient management of sudden water contamination. A new framework which considers multiple obj...
Adding virtual masses to a structure is an efficient way to generate a large number of natural frequencies for damage identification. The influence of a virtual mass can be expressed by Virtual Distortion Method (VDM) using the response measured by a...
In the field of structural health monitoring systems, sensors serve as the fundamental components for assessing infrastructure integrity. The rationality of their spatial configuration significantly influences the precision of structural performance...
This article reports the design of a soft sensor for estimation of in-flow to the control valve in a flow process. The objective of the proposed work is to design and compare the performance of pole placement and Kalman filter-based observers. The ob...
Urban water distribution networks (WDNs) are increasingly vulnerable to diverse disruptions, including pipe leaks/bursts and cyber–physical failures. A critical step in a resilience-based approach against these disruptions is the rapid and reli...
In light of the complex behavior of vibrating structures, their reliable modeling plays a crucial role in the analysis and system design for vibration control. In this paper, the reverse-path (RP) method is revisited, further developed, and applied t...
Conduit bursts or leakages present an ongoing problem for hydraulic fluid transport grids, such as oil or water conduit networks. Better monitoring allows for easier identification of burst sites and faster response strategies but heavily relies on s...
Steel-reinforced concrete decks are prominently utilized in various civil structures such as bridges and railways, where they are susceptible to unforeseen impact forces during their operational lifespan. The precise identification of the impact even...
Integrated single-axis force sensors allow an accurate and cost-efficient force measurement in 6 degrees of freedom for hexapod structures and kinematics. Depending on the sensor placement, the measurement is affected by internal forces that need to...
In this paper, an inductively coupled capacitively loaded ring resonator (IC-CLRR)-based microwave resonant sensor has been proposed for the accurate identification of any unknown liquid sample and its permittivity estimation. The key element of this...
A well-performing data-driven sparse sensor deployment strategy is critical for marine monitoring systems, as it enables the optimal reconstruction of marine physical quantities with fewer sensors. However, ocean data typically contain substantial am...
When acquiring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, the placement of electrode patches is crucial for acquiring electrocardiographic signals. Constant displacement positions are essential for ensuring the consistency of the ECG signal when used for indiv...
The inverse problem of structural system identification is prone to ill-conditioning issues; thus, uniqueness and stability cannot be guaranteed. This issue tends to amplify the error propagation of both the epistemic and aleatory uncertainties, wher...
Sensor measurements of civil structures provide basic information on their performance. However, it is impossible to install sensors at every location owing to the limited number of sensors available. Therefore, in this study, we propose an optimal s...
Vibration fatigue failure is a critical problem of hydraulic pipes under severe working conditions. Strain modal testing of small and light pipes is a good option for dynamic characteristic evaluation, structural health monitoring and damage identifi...
The present work focuses on the inverse identification of loads acting on wing-like geometries, through strain measurements. These loads are considered quasi-static and considered acting at discrete stations across the span of the wing. A demonstrati...
The development of reliable sensor networks for vibration monitoring is essential for the preventive conservation of buildings and structures. The identification of natural frequencies is crucial both for sensor network planning, to ensure optimal pl...
This study proposes a multi-source data fusion method for adaptive monitoring partitioning and sensor placement in water distribution networks (WDNs). It aims to improve leakage-sensing coverage and regional localization accuracy with limited monitor...
Artificial-intelligence-driven wayside monitoring has become a promising solution for early identification of railway wheel flats, enabling safer operations and more efficient maintenance planning. This study introduces a comparative investigation of...
This paper presents experimental identification and vibration suppression of a flexible manipulator with piezoelectric actuators and strain sensors using optimal multi-poles placement control. To precisely identify the system model, a reduced order t...
Bridge infrastructures are always subjected to degradation because of aging, their environment, and excess loading. Now it has become a worldwide concern that a large proportion of bridge infrastructures require significant maintenance. This compels...
The article presents an adaptive control procedure based on the online recursive identification of the best estimated model of plate bending vibration for vibration cancelation. The test object was a thin, circular aluminum plate, clamped at the edge...
Designing an acquisition system for 2D or 3D information, based on the integration of data provided by different sensors is a task that requires a labor-intensive initial design phase. Indeed, the definition of the architecture of such acquisition sy...
Section-load calibration is used in aircraft wing-box testing. This study evaluates a fixed-position quasi-static load-calibration and identification procedure for one 7050 aluminum wing-box test section instrumented with surface-bonded fiber Bragg g...
Bridge infrastructures are continuously subject to degradation due to aging and excess loading, placing users at risk. It has now become a major concern worldwide, where the majority of bridge infrastructures are approaching their design life. This c...
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