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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 63, Number 6, September25 2017 , pages 825-835
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2017.63.6.825
 


A novel PSO-based algorithm for structural damage detection using Bayesian multi-sample objective function
Ze-peng Chen and Ling Yu

 
Abstract
    Significant improvements to methodologies on structural damage detection (SDD) have emerged in recent years. However, many methods are related to inversion computation which is prone to be ill-posed or ill-conditioning, leading to lowcomputing efficiency or inaccurate results. To explore a more accurate solution with satisfactory efficiency, a PSO-INM algorithm, combining particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and an improved Nelder-Mead method (INM), is proposed to solve multi-sample objective function defined based on Bayesian inference in this study. The PSO-based algorithm, as a heuristic algorithm, is reliable to explore solution to SDD problem converted into a constrained optimization problem in mathematics. And the multi-sample objective function provides a stable pattern under different level of noise. Advantages of multi-sample objective function and its superior over traditional objective function are studied. Numerical simulation results of a two-storey frame structure show that the proposed method is sensitive to multi-damage cases. For further confirming accuracy of the proposed method, the ASCE 4-storey benchmark frame structure subjected to single and multiple damage cases is employed. Different kinds of modal identification methods are utilized to extract structural modal data from noise-contaminating acceleration responses. The illustrated results show that the proposed method is efficient to exact locations and extents of induced damages in structures.
 
Key Words
    structural damage detection; PSO-INM; multi-sample objective function; benchmark model
 
Address
Ze-peng Chen: School of Mechanics and Construction Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; MOE Key Lab of Disaster Forecast and Control in Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Ling Yu: School of Mechanics and Construction Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; MOE Key Lab of Disaster Forecast and Control in Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China
 

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