Multitask learning for improved scour detection: A dynamic wave tank study

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16527v1
• Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:39:01 GMT
• Title: Multitask learning for improved scour detection: A dynamic wave tank study
• Authors: Simon M. Brealy, Aidan J. Hughes, Tina A. Dardeno, Lawrence A. Bull, Robin S. Mills, Nikolaos Dervilis, Keith Worden,
• Abstract summary: An offshore wind farm could be considered as a population of nominally-identical wind-turbine structures. benign variations exist among members, such as geometry, sea-bed conditions and temperature differences. This paper explores the use of a Bayesian hierarchical model as a means of learning, to infer foundation stiffness distribution parameters at both population and local levels.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Population-based structural health monitoring (PBSHM), aims to share information between members of a population. An offshore wind (OW) farm could be considered as a population of nominally-identical wind-turbine structures. However, benign variations exist among members, such as geometry, sea-bed conditions and temperature differences. These factors could influence structural properties and therefore the dynamic response, making it more difficult to detect structural problems via traditional SHM techniques. This paper explores the use of a Bayesian hierarchical model as a means of multitask learning, to infer foundation stiffness distribution parameters at both population and local levels. To do this, observations of natural frequency from populations of structures were first generated from both numerical and experimental models. These observations were then used in a partially-pooled Bayesian hierarchical model in tandem with surrogate FE models of the structures to infer foundation stiffness parameters. Finally, it is demonstrated how the learned parameters may be used as a basis to perform more robust anomaly detection (as compared to a no-pooling approach) e.g. as a result of scour.

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