TY - JOUR A1 - Lahmer, Tom T1 - FEM-Based determination of real and complex elastic, dielectric, and piezoelectric moduli in piezoceramic materials JF - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control N2 - We propose an enhanced iterative scheme for the precise reconstruction of piezoelectric material parameters from electric impedance and mechanical displacement measurements. It is based on finite-element simulations of the full three-dimensional piezoelectric equations, combined with an inexact Newton or nonlinear Landweber iterative inversion scheme. We apply our method to two piezoelectric materials and test its performance. For the first material, the manufacturer provides a full data set; for the second one, no material data set is available. For both cases, our inverse scheme, using electric impedance measurements as input data, performs well. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Piezoelectric materials KW - Dielectric materials KW - Computational modeling KW - Frequency KW - Finite element methods KW - Manufacturing KW - Impedance measurement KW - Partial differential equations KW - Resonance KW - Resonanz Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20171030-36083 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Al-Yasiri, Zainab Riyadh Shaker A1 - Mutashar, Hayder Majid A1 - Gürlebeck, Klaus A1 - Lahmer, Tom ED - Shafiullah, GM T1 - Damage Sensitive Signals for the Assessment of the Conditions of Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Using Electromagnetic Waves JF - Infrastructures N2 - One of the most important renewable energy technologies used nowadays are wind power turbines. In this paper, we are interested in identifying the operating status of wind turbines, especially rotor blades, by means of multiphysical models. It is a state-of-the-art technology to test mechanical structures with ultrasonic-based methods. However, due to the density and the required high resolution, the testing is performed with high-frequency waves, which cannot penetrate the structure in depth. Therefore, there is a need to adopt techniques in the fields of multiphysical model-based inversion schemes or data-driven structural health monitoring. Before investing effort in the development of such approaches, further insights and approaches are necessary to make the techniques applicable to structures such as wind power plants (blades). Among the expected developments, further accelerations of the so-called “forward codes” for a more efficient implementation of the wave equation could be envisaged. Here, we employ electromagnetic waves for the early detection of cracks. Because in many practical situations, it is not possible to apply techniques from tomography (characterized by multiple sources and sensor pairs), we focus here on the question of whether the existence of cracks can be determined by using only one source for the sent waves. KW - Windkraftwerk KW - Rotorblatt KW - Elektrostatische Welle KW - MATLAB KW - wind turbine rotor blades KW - electromagnetic waves KW - crack detection KW - Empire XPU 8.01 KW - Matlab KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2022 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220831-47093 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/7/8/104 VL - 2022 IS - Volume 7, Issue 8 (August 2022), article 104 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alkam, Feras A1 - Lahmer, Tom T1 - A robust method of the status monitoring of catenary poles installed along high-speed electrified train tracks JF - Results in Engineering N2 - Electric trains are considered one of the most eco-friendly and safest means of transportation. Catenary poles are used worldwide to support overhead power lines for electric trains. The performance of the catenary poles has an extensive influence on the integrity of the train systems and, consequently, the connected human services. It became a must nowadays to develop SHM systems that provide the instantaneous status of catenary poles in- service, making the decision-making processes to keep or repair the damaged poles more feasible. This study develops a data-driven, model-free approach for status monitoring of cantilever structures, focusing on pre-stressed, spun-cast ultrahigh-strength concrete catenary poles installed along high-speed train tracks. The pro-posed approach evaluates multiple damage features in an unfied damage index, which leads to straightforward interpretation and comparison of the output. Besides, it distinguishes between multiple damage scenarios of the poles, either the ones caused by material degradation of the concrete or by the cracks that can be propagated during the life span of the given structure. Moreover, using a logistic function to classify the integrity of structure avoids the expensive learning step in the existing damage detection approaches, namely, using the modern machine and deep learning methods. The findings of this study look very promising when applied to other types of cantilever structures, such as the poles that support the power transmission lines, antenna masts, chimneys, and wind turbines. KW - Fahrleitung KW - Catenary poles KW - SHM KW - Model-free status monitoring KW - Sigmoid function KW - High-speed electric train KW - Schaden KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2021 Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20211011-45212 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123021000906?via%3Dihub VL - 2021 IS - volume 12, article 100289 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -