Ricerc@Sapienza

In this work uncertain vibrations of beam-like structures are considered. Attention is paid to sensors placement and a statistically based method for the selection of sensors networks is proposed. The objective is to characterize the SHM process in terms of identifiability and maximum accuracy that a given network of sensors can provide, regardless of the damage detection techniques to be developed downstream.

This paper presents an innovative electronically controlled suspension system installed on a real car and used as a test bench. The proposed setup relies on a sensor network that acquires a large real-time dataset collecting the car vibrations and the car trim and, through a new controller based on a recently proposed theory developed by the authors, makes use of adjustable semi-active magneto-rheological dampers.