Damage Detection on the Champangshiehl Bridge using Blind Source Separation

in Strauss, Alfred; Frangopol, Dan M.; Bergmeister, Konrad (Eds.) Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems (2012)

This paper addresses the problem of damage detection in civil engineering structures using characteristic subspaces obtained from principal component analysis (PCA) of output-only measurements. Damage ... [more ▼]

This paper addresses the problem of damage detection in civil engineering structures using characteristic subspaces obtained from principal component analysis (PCA) of output-only measurements. Damage detection is performed by comparing subspace features between a reference (healthy) state and a current (possibly damaged) state. The damage indicator used in this study is the angular coherence between sub-spaces. The considered damage detection procedure is illustrated on the Champangshiehl Bridge which is a two span concrete box girder bridge located in Luxembourg. Before its destruction, multiple damage levels were inten-tionally created by cutting a growing number of prestressed tendons. Vibration data were acquired by the University of Luxembourg for each damaged state at many locations on the bridge. As previous studies dem-onstrated the large importance of environmental factors on modal identification, special care was taken to evaluate this influence during the test campaign. [less ▲]

Comparison of output-only methods for condition monitoring of industrials systems

in Journal of Physics: Conference Series [=JPCS] (2011), 305

In the field of structural health monitoring or machine condition monitoring, the activation of nonlinear dynamic behavior complicates the procedure of damage or fault detection. Blind source separation ... [more ▼]

In the field of structural health monitoring or machine condition monitoring, the activation of nonlinear dynamic behavior complicates the procedure of damage or fault detection. Blind source separation (BSS) techniques are known as efficient methods for damage diagnosis. However, most of BSS techniques repose on the assumption of the linearity of the system and the need of many sensors. This article presents some possible extensions of those techniques that may improve the damage detection, e.g. Enhanced-Principal Component Analysis (EPCA), Kernel PCA (KPCA) and Blind Modal Identification (BMID). The advantages of EPCA rely on its rapidity of use and its reliability. The KPCA method, through the use of nonlinear kernel functions, allows to introduce nonlinear dependences between variables. BMID is adequate to identify and to detect damage for generally damped systems. In this paper, damage is firstly examined by Stochastic Subspace Identification (SSI); then the detection is achieved by comparing subspace features between the reference and a current state through statistics and the concept of subspace angle. Industrial data are used as illustration of the methods. [less ▲]

Prostatic androgen repressed message-1 (PARM-1) may play a role in prostatic cell immortalisation.

in Prostate (The) (2003), 56(3), 220-30

BACKGROUND: Prostatic androgen-repressed message-1 (PARM-1) has been cloned from the prostate. The transcript of the PARM-1 gene is overexpressed during regression of the prostate after androgen ... [more ▼]

BACKGROUND: Prostatic androgen-repressed message-1 (PARM-1) has been cloned from the prostate. The transcript of the PARM-1 gene is overexpressed during regression of the prostate after androgen withdrawal. The regulation of PARM-1 by androgens is limited to this organ. We have studied the effects of PARM-1 overexpression in malignant prostate cells. METHODS: The PARM-1 cDNA was introduced into the rat cancer cell line MAT LyLu along with a doxycycline-dependent regulator. RESULTS: Maximal expression of PARM-1 (fivefold induction) was achieved by incubating the cells with 2 microM doxycycline for 48 hr. A study investigating the effect of PARM-1 overexpression on the transcription of 588 genes has shown that the TLP1 gene (encoding rat telomerase protein component 1) was the most up-regulated (fourfold). In addition, a dose-dependent increase in telomerase activity was observed in cells overexpressing PARM-1. In vivo, the androgen-deprived prostate showed an increased TLP1 level and increased telomerase activity. CONCLUSIONS: Increased telomerase activity is often associated with the immortalisation of cancer cell lines, particularly prostatic ones. This could mean that PARM-1 is involved, via increased telomerase activity, in a survival program enabling certain prostatic cells to resist apoptosis, thus conferring a selective advantage to pre-cancerous or cancerous cells. [less ▲]