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Book AN AI FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING

Download or read book AN AI FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING written by Kossi Ntiafalali Aziagba and published by Kossi Ntiafalali Aziagba. This book was released on 2024-07-14 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This AI system can be applied in various real-world scenarios, such as: - Bridge Monitoring: Continuous monitoring of bridges to detect early signs of wear and prevent collapses. - Building Inspections: Routine assessments of high-rise buildings to identify structural weaknesses. In the future, this AI could be explored and used by the entire population to identify construction anomalies and structural pathologies. Suppose you are in your room and suddenly notice a large crack in the main pillar of your roof. When this AI is ready, you will simply need to take 2 or 3 photos of the concerned area from different angles. The device will immediately analyze the damage, compare it with its data, describe the situation, and provide you with recommendations. The system could also automatically alert engineers and the government based on the severity of the case. Additionally, the system will have an integrated thermal camera to analyze thermal factors, determining the depth of the damage and the affected area.

Book Structural Health Monitoring Based on Data Science Techniques

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring Based on Data Science Techniques written by Alexandre Cury and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-23 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern structural health monitoring (SHM) paradigm of transforming in situ, real-time data acquisition into actionable decisions regarding structural performance, health state, maintenance, or life cycle assessment has been accelerated by the rapid growth of “big data” availability and advanced data science. Such data availability coupled with a wide variety of machine learning and data analytics techniques have led to rapid advancement of how SHM is executed, enabling increased transformation from research to practice. This book intends to present a representative collection of such data science advancements used for SHM applications, providing an important contribution for civil engineers, researchers, and practitioners around the world.

Book Structural Health Monitoring

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring written by Charles R. Farrar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by global leaders and pioneers in the field, this book is a must-have read for researchers, practicing engineers and university faculty working in SHM. Structural Health Monitoring: A Machine Learning Perspective is the first comprehensive book on the general problem of structural health monitoring. The authors, renowned experts in the field, consider structural health monitoring in a new manner by casting the problem in the context of a machine learning/statistical pattern recognition paradigm, first explaining the paradigm in general terms then explaining the process in detail with further insight provided via numerical and experimental studies of laboratory test specimens and in-situ structures. This paradigm provides a comprehensive framework for developing SHM solutions. Structural Health Monitoring: A Machine Learning Perspective makes extensive use of the authors’ detailed surveys of the technical literature, the experience they have gained from teaching numerous courses on this subject, and the results of performing numerous analytical and experimental structural health monitoring studies. Considers structural health monitoring in a new manner by casting the problem in the context of a machine learning/statistical pattern recognition paradigm Emphasises an integrated approach to the development of structural health monitoring solutions by coupling the measurement hardware portion of the problem directly with the data interrogation algorithms Benefits from extensive use of the authors’ detailed surveys of 800 papers in the technical literature and the experience they have gained from teaching numerous short courses on this subject.

Book Structural Integrity Monitoring

Download or read book Structural Integrity Monitoring written by R.A. Collacott and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1985-11-30 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book should be of interest to students and practitioners of materials science, production engineering and engineering design.

Book Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Construction

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Construction written by Moncef L. Nehdi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Construction presents the latest developments in AI and ML technologies applied to real-world civil engineering concerns. With an increasing amount of attention on the environmental impact of every industry, more construction projects are going to require sustainable construction practices. This volume offers research evidence, simulation results, and case studies to support this change. Sustainable construction, in fact, not only uses renewable and recyclable materials when building new structures or repairing deteriorating ones, but also adopts all possible methods to reduce energy consumption and waste. The concisely written but comprehensive, practical knowledge put forward by this international group of highly specialized editors and contributors will prove to be beneficial to engineering students and professionals alike. - Presents convincing "success stories that encourage application of AI-powered tools to civil engineering - Provides a wealth of valuable technical information to address and resolve many challenging construction problems - Illustrates the most recent shifts in thinking and practice for sustainable construction

Book New Advances in Soft Computing in Civil Engineering

Download or read book New Advances in Soft Computing in Civil Engineering written by Gebrail Bekdaş and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Structural Health Monitoring Management  SHM  in Aerospace Structures

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring Management SHM in Aerospace Structures written by Fuh-Gwo Yuan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Management in Aerospace and Civil Structures provides readers with the spectacular progress that has taken place over the last twenty years with respect to the area of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Management. The SHM field encompasses transdisciplinary areas, including smart materials, sensors and actuators, damage diagnosis and prognosis, signal and image processing algorithms, wireless intelligent sensing, data fusion, and energy harvesting. This book focuses on how SHM techniques can be applied to aircraft, mechanical and civil engineering structures with particular emphasis on composite materials.Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Management in Aerospace and Civil Structures will be a valuable reference resource for R&D managers, materials scientists and engineers working in the aerospace sector as well as for researchers and system designers working in industry, academia and government research agencies developing new systems for the SHM of aerospace, mechanical and civil engineering structures. - Presents new developments in smart materials for sensing and actuation - Discusses new developments in mechanical metamaterials - Presents the latest on signal/imaging processing for damage diagnosis - Explores damage prognosis and integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) - Covers new developments in machine learning and artificial Intelligence

Book Bridge Safety  Maintenance  Management  Life Cycle  Resilience and Sustainability

Download or read book Bridge Safety Maintenance Management Life Cycle Resilience and Sustainability written by Joan Ramon Casas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 2646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability contains lectures and papers presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 11–15 July, 2022). This e-book contains the full papers of 322 contributions presented at IABMAS 2022, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 4 Keynote Lectures, and 317 technical papers from 36 countries all around the world. The contributions deal with the state-of-the-art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of safety, maintenance, management, life-cycle, resilience, sustainability and technological innovations of bridges. Major topics include: advanced bridge design, construction and maintenance approaches, safety, reliability and risk evaluation, life-cycle management, life-cycle, resilience, sustainability, standardization, analytical models, bridge management systems, service life prediction, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and field testing, robustness and redundancy, durability enhancement, repair and rehabilitation, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, needs of bridge owners, whole life costing and investment for the future, financial planning and application of information and computer technology, big data analysis and artificial intelligence for bridges, among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on bridge safety, maintenance, management, life-cycle, resilience and sustainability of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The volume serves as a valuable reference to all concerned with and/or involved in bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and practitioners from all areas of bridge engineering.

Book Structural Health Monitoring of Large Civil Engineering Structures

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring of Large Civil Engineering Structures written by Hua-Peng Chen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical review of key developments and latest advances in Structural Health Monitoring technologies applied to civil engineering structures, covering all aspects required for practical application Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) provides the facilities for in-service monitoring of structural performance and damage assessment, and is a key element of condition based maintenance and damage prognosis. This comprehensive book brings readers up to date on the most important changes and advancements in the structural health monitoring technologies applied to civil engineering structures. It covers all aspects required for such monitoring in the field, including sensors and networks, data acquisition and processing, damage detection techniques and damage prognostics techniques. The book also includes a number of case studies showing how the techniques can be applied in the development of sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure systems. Structural Health Monitoring of Large Civil Engineering Structures offers in-depth chapter coverage of: Sensors and Sensing Technology for Structural Monitoring; Data Acquisition, Transmission, and Management; Structural Damage Identification Techniques; Modal Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures; Finite Element Model Updating; Vibration Based Damage Identification Methods; Model Based Damage Assessment Methods; Monitoring Based Reliability Analysis and Damage Prognosis; and Applications of SHM Strategies to Large Civil Structures. Presents state-of-the-art SHM technologies allowing asset managers to evaluate structural performance and make rational decisions Covers all aspects required for the practical application of SHM Includes case studies that show how the techniques can be applied in practice Structural Health Monitoring of Large Civil Engineering Structures is an ideal book for practicing civil engineers, academics and postgraduate students studying civil and structural engineering.

Book Digital Twin Technology and AI Implementations in Future Focused Businesses

Download or read book Digital Twin Technology and AI Implementations in Future Focused Businesses written by Ponnusamy, Sivaram and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern and data-driven business landscape, organizations face an increasingly complex challenge: how to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital twin technology to stay competitive and relevant. This challenge is exacerbated by the rapid evolution of these technologies and the urgent need for businesses to adapt. AI continues to advance in areas such as language comprehension, pattern recognition, decision-making, and experiential learning, while digital twins are transforming into electronic replicas of real-world entities. Consequently, businesses grapple with the complexities of navigating this transformative convergence. Digital Twin Technology and AI Implementations in Future-Focused Businesses addresses the pressing issue of how AI and digital twin technology are altering the very fabric of business operations. It delves into the profound implications for productivity, creativity, and decision-making in organizations across diverse industries. Staying ahead of the technical curve is crucial, and this book equips readers with the knowledge and insights needed to thrive in this evolving business landscape.

Book Structural Health Monitoring

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring written by Daniel Balageas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is organized around the various sensing techniques used to achieve structural health monitoring. Its main focus is on sensors, signal and data reduction methods and inverse techniques, which enable the identification of the physical parameters, affected by the presence of the damage, on which a diagnostic is established. Structural Health Monitoring is not oriented by the type of applications or linked to special classes of problems, but rather presents broader families of techniques: vibration and modal analysis; optical fibre sensing; acousto-ultrasonics, using piezoelectric transducers; and electric and electromagnetic techniques. Each chapter has been written by specialists in the subject area who possess a broad range of practical experience. The book will be accessible to students and those new to the field, but the exhaustive overview of present research and development, as well as the numerous references provided, also make it required reading for experienced researchers and engineers.

Book Structural Health Monitoring For Advanced Composite Structures

Download or read book Structural Health Monitoring For Advanced Composite Structures written by M H Ferri Aliabadi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a relatively new and alternative way of non-destructive inspection (NDI). It is the process of implementing a damage detection and characterization strategy for composite structures. The basis of SHM is the application of permanent fixed sensors on a structure, combined with minimum manual intervention to monitor its structural integrity. These sensors detect changes to the material and/or geometric properties of a structural system, including changes to the boundary conditions and system connectivity, which adversely affect the system's performance.This book's primary focus is on the diagnostics element of SHM, namely damage detection in composite structures. The techniques covered include the use of Piezoelectric transducers for active and passive Ultrasonics guided waves and electromechanical impedance measurements, and fiber optic sensors for strain sensing. It also includes numerical modeling of wave propagation in composite structures. Contributed chapters written by leading researchers in the field describe each of these techniques, making it a key text for researchers and NDI practitioners as well as postgraduate students in a number of specialties including materials, aerospace, mechanical and computational engineering.

Book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leading in the 21st Century

Download or read book Leading in the 21st Century written by Tshilidzi Marwala and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It became apparent to me that, due to the complexity of problems that face humanity today, those who do not know should not lead.' – Professor Tshilidzi Marwala In 2020 the world found itself in a state of flux. A global pandemic disrupted the world order while the digital transformation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), with its challenges and huge potential benefits, presented a fundamental paradigm shift. How are Africa's leaders to respond, today? In a crisis, decisive leadership is imperative for the public good, but as we move beyond the pandemic and confront the changes of the 4IR, we must determine how we will adapt. What is clear is that leadership will have to be grounded in scientific and mathematical thinking and in good governance. It follows, then, that for South Africa to succeed as a nation in the 21st century we must be able to provide our people with an all-embracing education, not just science and technology but human and social sciences as well. Leading in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive overview of how the world is changing and lessons we can draw from leaders, particularly in the African context. From Charlotte Maxeke and the Rain Queen Modjadji, to Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, Eric Molobi and Richard Maponya, there is much to learn from great leaders. The challenges of the 21st century are immense, from climate change to social media and the digital divide that deepens our understanding of inequality, particularly in the 'new normal'. South Africa faces not only a shifting global context but a fraught local context of stagnant growth, rising unemployment and deep-seated inequality, worsened in 2020 by the national lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. The 4IR offers solutions to many of our most pressing problems and we cannot afford to be left behind. The certainty is that the 4IR has arrived. The debates lie in how we respond to it. Tshilidzi Marwala deciphers it all, while providing a framework for navigating these shifts. A leading academic of international standing, and Deputy Chair of South Africa's Presidential 4IR Commission, Tshilidzi Marwala provides valuable insights into how leadership should be responding to the digital challenges of the 21st century.

Book Processing and fabrication of advanced materials  XVII  Volume One

Download or read book Processing and fabrication of advanced materials XVII Volume One written by and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Material XVII, held at New Delhi during 15-17 December 2008.

Book Modelling Trends in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Download or read book Modelling Trends in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management written by Debashish Sengupta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores state-of-art techniques based on methodological and modeling aspects of solid and hazardous waste management, specifically focusing on the recent trends in data acquisition and robust modeling of the results obtained. In addition to an in-depth description of the recent regulatory paradigm for solid waste disposal and revealing insights into solid waste management models, the book also addresses significant case history and remediation methodologies for sustainable development in emerging economies like India, China and Brazil. The main emphasis is on a suitable regulatory framework with site-specific baseline calibration and aimed at the robust modeling of contaminant transport and its remediation. This is based on instructive case history in various locations/regions worldwide. The focus on recent modeling and quantification methods is the backbone of the book. One of the major aspects discussed is the application of non-invasive methods for studies related to the Earth's interior, which are increasingly preferred over invasive techniques thanks to their economic utility, as well as robust techniques for the interpretation of geophysical data. The increasing demand for groundwater and energy resources, especially for rapidly emerging countries with large populations like India and China, has made it vital to derive safe utilization approaches for our resources, including suitable waste disposal and remediation methodologies that can be adopted for 'contaminated sites.'

Book Advances in Clean Energy and Sustainability  Volume 2

Download or read book Advances in Clean Energy and Sustainability Volume 2 written by Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: