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On the use of attractor dimension as a feature in structural health monitoring
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
6082_Nichols.pdf
By: J.M. Nichols, L.N. Virgin, M.D. Todd, and J.D. Nichols
Recent works in the vibration-based structural health monitoring community have emphasised the use of correlation dimension as a discriminating statistic in seperating a damaged from undamaged response. This paper explores the utility of attractor dimension as a 'feature' and offers some comparisons between different metrics reflecting dimension. This focus is on evaluating the performance of two different measures of dimension as damage indicators in a structural health monitoring context. Results indicate that the correlation dimension is probably a poor choice of statistic for the purpose of signal discrimination. Other measures of dimension may be used for the same purposes with a higher degree of statistical reliability. The question of competing methodologies is placed in a hypothesis testing framework and answered with experimental data taken from a cantilivered beam.
Suggested Citation
Nichols, J., Virgin, L., Todd, M., Nichols, J., 2003, On the use of attractor dimension as a feature in structural health monitoring: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, v. 17, no. 6, p. 1305-1320, https://doi.org/10.1006/mssp.2002.1521.
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Journal Article
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On the use of attractor dimension as a feature in structural health monitoring