Wavelet packet energy–based damage identification of wood utility poles using support vector machine multi-classifier and evidence theory
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This article presents a novel assessment framework to identify the health condition of wood utility poles. The innovative approach is based on the integration of data mining and machine learning methods and combines advanced signal processing, multi-sensor data fusion and decision ensembles to classify different damage condition types of wood poles. In the proposed framework, wavelet packet analysis is employed to transform captured multi-channel stress wave signals into energy information, which is consequently compressed by principal component analysis to extract a feature vector. Furthermore, support vector machine multi-classifier, optimized by genetic algorithm, is designed to identify the pole condition type. Finally, evidence theory is applied to fuse different assessment results from different sensors for a final decision. For validation of the proposed approach, the wood pole specimens with three common damage condition types are tested using a novel multi-sensor narrow-band frequency-excitation non-destructive testing system in the laboratory. The final experimental analysis results confirm that the proposed approach is capable of making full use of multi-sensor information and providing an effective and accurate identification on types of conditions in wood poles.
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ML algorithms can interpret signals or images to analyze, inspect, and examine material integrity.
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- Authors
- Yu, Y., Dackermann, U., Li, J., & Niederleithinger, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Yu, Yang
- Venue
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-09-28
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 123-142
- ISSN
- 1475-9217 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3168
- OpenAlex
- W2892871933
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7
- FWCI
- 5.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Structural Health Monitoring (publishedVersion)
- UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council (LP110200162)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
- Keywords
- damage detection, wavelet packet energy, sensor fusion, Dempster-Shafer theory, support vector machine, genetic algorithm optimization, principal component analysis, non-destructive testing
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