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Locating acoustic emission sources in complex structures using Gaussian processes by Hensman, J., Mills, R., Pierce, S.G., Worden, K., Eaton, M.

“…A standard technique in the field of non-destructive evaluation is to use acoustic emissions to characterise and locate the damage events that generate them…”
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On impact damage detection and quantification for CFRP laminates using structural response data only by Sultan, M.T.H., Worden, K., Pierce, S.G., Hickey, D., Staszewski, W.J., Dulieu-Barton, J.M., Hodzic, A.

“…The overall purpose of the research is to detect and attempt to quantify impact damage in structures made from composite materials. A study that uses…”
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A novel information-gap technique to assess reliability of neural network-based damage detection by Pierce, S.G., Worden, K., Manson, G.

“…The application of neural network classifiers to a damage detection problem is discussed within a framework of an interval arithmetic-based information-gap…”
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Machine learning at the interface of structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation by Gardner, P., Fuentes, R., Dervilis, N., Mineo, C., Pierce, S.G., Cross, E.J., Worden, K.

“…While both non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) share the objective of damage detection and identification in structures,…”
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Genetic optimisation of a neural damage locator by Worden, K., Manson, G., Hilson, G., Pierce, S.G.

“…A critical problem in structural health monitoring (SHM) based on pattern recognition methods is the correct selection of features, i.e. measured and processed…”
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Features for damage detection with insensitivity to environmental and operational variations by Cross, E. J., Manson, G., Worden, K., Pierce, S. G.

“…This paper explores and compares the application of three different approaches to the data normalization problem in structural health monitoring (SHM), which…”
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Damage location in an isotropic plate using a vector of novelty indices by Mustapha, F., Manson, G., Worden, K., Pierce, S.G.

“…This paper presents a novel approach to detecting and localising structural defects based on a novelty detection method, outlier analysis (OA), and a…”
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Investigation of synthetic aperture methods in ultrasound surface imaging using elementary surface types by Kerr, W., Pierce, S.G., Rowe, P.

“…•Synthetic aperture methods have been investigated in surface imaging.•The effects of different imaging and processing parameters have been…”
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Time-of-flight measurement techniques for airborne ultrasonic ranging by Jackson, J. C., Summan, R., Dobie, G. I., Whiteley, S. M., Pierce, S. G., Hayward, G.

“…Airborne ultrasonic ranging is used in a variety of different engineering applications for which other positional metrology techniques cannot be used, for…”
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Off-line scan path planning for robotic NDT by Morozov, M., Pierce, S.G., MacLeod, C.N., Mineo, C., Summan, R.

“…•A scan path was generated off-line for automated eddy currents non-destructive inspection of a complex shape test-piece.•The generated scan path was deployed…”
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Structural Health Monitoring of an Annular Component using a Statistical Approach by Mustapha, F., Manson, G., Pierce, S. G., Worden, K.

“…:  For aerospace components there is undoubtedly a critical need to detect incipient damage in the structure, as any microscopic crack or defect can…”
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Autonomous ultrasonic inspection using Bayesian optimisation and robust outlier analysis by Fuentes, R., Gardner, P., Mineo, C., Rogers, T.J., Pierce, S.G., Worden, K., Dervilis, N., Cross, E.J.

“…•A novel optimisation scheme enabling autonomous robotic inspection for NDT.•Demonstrated with an ultrasonic robotic inspection of an aerospace composite…”
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Reconstruction of refractive index maps using photogrammetry by Miller, A., Mulholland, A.J., Tant, K.M.M., Pierce, S.G., Hughes, B., Forbes, A.B.

“…Large volume metrology is a key enabler of autonomous precision manufacturing. For component positioning, the optical-based metrology technique of…”
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Optical Generation and Detection of Ultrasound by Sorazu, B., Thursby, G., Culshaw, B., Dong, F., Pierce, S. G., Yang, Y., Betz, D.

“…: This is a review of the optical generation and detection of ultrasound on work carried out in different optical detection techniques at the Strathclyde…”
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A Noncontact Ultrasonic Platform for Structural Inspection by Dobie, G., Summan, R., Pierce, S. G., Galbraith, W., Hayward, G.

“…Miniature robotic vehicles are receiving increasing attention for use in nondestructive testing (NDE) due to their attractiveness in terms of cost, safety, and…”
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Acoustic emission source characterisation using evolutionary optimisation by Worden, K., Spencer, A. B., Packo, P., Staszewski, W. J., Uhl, T., Pierce, S. G.

“…When a crack initiates and grows in a metal or composite structure, for example, due to high cycle fatigue, the crack propagation gives rise to acoustic…”
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Broadband Lamb wave measurements in aluminium and carbon/glass fibre reinforced composite materials using non-contacting laser generation and detection by Pierce, S.G., Culshaw, B., Philp, W.R., Lecuyer, F., Farlow, R.

“…Broadband measurements of Lamb wave dispersion characteristics have been performed in aluminium, carbon and carbon/glass fibre hybrid composite materials using…”
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Damage detection in an aluminium plate using outlier analysis by CHETWYND, D., RONGONG, J. A., PIERCE, S. G., WORDEN, K.

“…ABSTRACT This work presents a damage detection study of a curved aluminium panel using the statistical technique of outlier analysis, where the structure was…”
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Generation and reception of ultrasonic guided waves in composite plates using conformable piezoelectric transmitters and optical-fiber detectors by Gachagan, A., Hayward, G., McNab, A., Reynolds, P., Pierce, S.G., Philp, W.R., Culshaw, B.

“…A condition monitoring nondestructive evaluation (NDE) system, combining the generation of ultrasonic Lamb waves in thin composite plates and their subsequent…”
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Damage Localisation in a Stiffened Composite Panel by Chetwynd, D., Mustapha, F., Worden, K., Rongong, J. A., Pierce, S. G., Dulieu-Barton, J. M.

“…:  This work was conducted as part of the Aircraft Reliability Through Intelligent Materials Application (ARTIMA) European Union project. It presents a case…”
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