Estimation of structural response using convolutional neural network: application to the Suramadu bridge
ISSN: 0264-4401
Article publication date: 24 May 2021
Issue publication date: 7 December 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Structural health monitoring (SHM) has gained significant attention due to its capability in providing support for efficient and optimal bridge maintenance activities. However, despite the promising potential, the effectiveness of SHM system might be hindered by unprecedented factors that impact the continuity of data collection. This research presents a framework utilising convolutional neural network (CNN) for estimating structural response using environmental variations.
Design/methodology/approach
The CNN framework is validated using monitoring data from the Suramadu bridge monitoring system. Pre-processing is performed to transform the data into data frames, each containing a sequence of data. The data frames are divided into training, validation and testing sets. Both the training and validation sets are employed to train the CNN models while the testing set is utilised for evaluation by calculating error metrics such as mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and root mean square error (RMSE). Comparison with other machine learning approaches is performed to investigate the effectiveness of the CNN framework.
Findings
The CNN models are able to learn the trend of cable force sensor measurements with the ranges of MAE between 10.23 kN and 19.82 kN, MAPE between 0.434% and 0.536% and RMSE between 13.38 kN and 25.32 kN. In addition, the investigation discovers that the CNN-based model manages to outperform other machine learning models.
Originality/value
This work investigates, for the first time, how cable stress can be estimated using temperature variations. The study presents the first application of 1-D CNN regressor on data collected from a full-scale bridge. This work also evaluates the comparison between CNN regressor and other techniques, such as artificial neutral network (ANN) and linear regression, in estimating bridge cable stress, which has not been performed previously.
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Acknowledgements
This study is funded by the British Council (Grant ID: 217544274), and Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (PRJ-589/LPDP.3/2017 and S-2160/LPDP.4/2019). The writers would also like to acknowledge the support from the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Housing (IMPWH) and the University of Warwick, UK. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IMPWH.
Citation
Pamuncak, A.P., Salami, M.R., Adha, A., Budiono, B. and Laory, I. (2021), "Estimation of structural response using convolutional neural network: application to the Suramadu bridge", Engineering Computations, Vol. 38 No. 10, pp. 4047-4065. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-12-2020-0695
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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